SCAR Composite Gazetteer

Rusty Ridge

Rusty Ridge (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Rusty Ridge (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 12534
Name ID: 2274

Feature type: Ridge

Origin

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

Narrative

A dark, rust-coloured ridge in the south-west part of Broknes Peninsula in the Larsemann Hills.

Named For

Named by the 1986-87 ANARE Field party because of the staining which gives the ridge a rusty colour.

Location

Latitude:

69° 23' 36.1" S

-69.39336°

Accurate to 25m

Longitude:

76° 19' 42.8" E

76.32855°

Accurate to 25m

Altitude:

126 m

Accurate to 10m

Images

©Rick Oates 2009

Catalogue id: IA21816
Caption: Rusty Ridge, Larsemann Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1200 feet. Looking Northeast.
Photographer: Oates, Rick

Map

Source

Location Method:

Unknown

Source Name:

Larsemann Hills 1:25000 Topographic GIS Dataset

Source Identifier:

Lars25K

Source Scale:

1:25000

Source Institution:

Australian Antarctic Division

Source Person:

Brolsma

Source Publisher:

Australian Antarctic Division

Remote sensing:

Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:

Official

Date approved:

24-Nov-1987

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