SCAR Composite Gazetteer

Casey Range

Casey Range (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Casey Range (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 2381
Name ID: 2233

Feature type: Range

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:

Casey Range (Russia)
Casey Range (United States of America)

Narrative

A jagged, razor-backed ridge and several nunataks in line extending north-south, parallel to the David and Masson Ranges in Mac.Robertson Land. Discovered on 5 January, 1930, by BANZARE (1929-31) under Sir Douglas Mawson. The Rt., Hon R G Casey (later Lord Casey) who was at the time the Australian political liaison officer in London, and closely associated with BANZARE.

Named For

Location

Latitude:

67° 44' 28.2" S

-67.74117°

Accurate to 30m

Longitude:

62° 12' 56.3" E

62.21564°

Accurate to 30m

Altitude:

957 m

Accurate to 20m

Images

©Doug McVeigh 2004

Catalogue id: IA4366
Caption: Casey Range viewed from the fast ice
Photographer: McVeigh, Doug

Map

Source

Location Method:

Topographic data

Source Name:

Framnes Mountains 1:25000 Topographic GIS Dataset

Source Identifier:

fram25k

Source Scale:

1:2000

Source Institution:

Australian Antarctic Division

Source Person:

Brolsma

Source Publisher:

Australian Antarctic Division

Remote sensing:

Not Applicable

Comments

Location - highest point on range.

Approval status

Status:

Official

Date approved:

Unknown

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