SCAR Composite Gazetteer

Humphreys Ridge

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

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

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Place ID: 6760
Name ID: 2338

Feature type: Ridge

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:

Dvugorbaja, gora (Russia)

Narrative

A long low, snow-covered rock ridge in the Goodspeed Nunataks in the southern Prince Charles Mountains. First sighted by an ANARE seismic traverse party in 1957. Photographed by ANARE in 1958 and 1960. Named after Alan E. Humphreys, (then) Senior Engineer with the Antarctic Division, Melbourne, and Officer-in-Charge of the Prince Charles Mountains survey party in 1972.

Named For

Location

Latitude:

73° 06' 42.1" S

-73.11169°

Accurate to 150m

Longitude:

61° 00' 20.6" E

61.00572°

Accurate to 150m

Altitude:

2100 m

Accurate to 200m

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:

Satellite Image The coordinates for this place name were derived from Map id 2721 - Massiv Zagadocnyj in the SCAR Map Catalogue.

Source Name:

Landsat Image Mosaic Antarctica (LIMA) and Map 2721 SCAR map cat.

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:

27-Nov-1973

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COMPOSITE GAZETTEER OF ANTARCTICA

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