SCAR Composite Gazetteer

Taaffe Ridge

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

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

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Place ID: 14362
Name ID: 2295

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 rock ridge extending ENE to the moraines at the edge of the plateau, at the eastern end of Long Peninsula, Vestfold Hills.

Named For

Named after J. McM. Taaffe, senior diesel mechanic at Davis in 1970.

Location

Latitude:

68° 27' 58.6" S

-68.46628°

Accurate to 50m

Longitude:

78° 29' 28.6" E

78.49128°

Accurate to 50m

Altitude:

75 m

Accurate to 5m

Images

©Belinda Reynolds 2009

Catalogue id: IA22003
Caption: Taaffe Ridge, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1200 feet. Looking South.
Photographer: Reynolds, Belinda

Map

Source

Location Method:

Topographic data

Source Name:

Vestfold Hills Topographic GIS Dataset

Source Identifier:

vest_hills_gis

Source Scale:

1:5000

Source Institution:

Australian Antarctic Division

Source Person:

Brolsma

Source Publisher:

Australian Antarctic Division

Remote sensing:

Not Applicable

Comments

Metadata for coordinates and origin of topographic data.

Approval status

Status:

Official

Date approved:

27-Nov-1973

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