Goodspeed Nunataks

Goodspeed Nunataks (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Goodspeed Nunataks  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 5489
Name ID: 1755

Feature type: Nunatak

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A group of three rows of nunataks, oriented approximately east-west and 19-28 km long, at the western end of the Fisher Glacier. Discovered by the ANARE southern seismic party led by K.B. Mather in January, 1958; first visited by a weasel party led by M. Mellor. Named after M.J. Goodspeed, geophysicist at Mawson in 1957.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
73° 01' 05.5" S
-73.01819°
Accurate to 150m
Longitude:
61° 01' 25.0" E
61.02361°
Accurate to 150m
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Satellite Image
Source Name:
Landsat Image Mosaic Antarctica (LIMA)
Source Identifier:
E132_CIR_432_1X
Source Scale:
1:25000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
United States Geological Survey (USGS)
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
29-Apr-1958

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