Edwards Pillar

Edwards Pillar (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Edwards Pillar  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 4098
Name ID: 2120

Feature type: Pillar

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 large rock pillar on the western face of Mount Stinear, Prince Charles Mountains. The feature is in the vicinity of a geodetic survey station established by the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey party in 1971. Named after N.F. Edwards, a surveyor with the party.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
73° 04' 41.8" S
-73.07828°
Accurate to 20m
Longitude:
66° 19' 08.5" E
66.31903°
Accurate to 20m
Altitude:
2010 m
Accurate to 20m

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Surveyed
Source Name:
Geoscience Australia Survey Control Database
Source Identifier:
NMS125
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
Geoscience Australia Survey Control Database
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
18-May-1971

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