SCAR Composite Gazetteer

Luncke Ridge

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

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

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Place ID: 8726
Name ID: 2361

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:

Luncke Ridge (United States of America)

Narrative

A fairly prominent ridge on the northern side of the eastern extremity of Long Fjord in the Vestfold Hills. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37). Seen by an ANARE party led by Bruce H. Stinear from nearby Pioneer Crossing.

Named For

Named after Bernhard Luncke, Norwegian cartographer who plotted the Vestfold Hills area for the Hansen Atlas.

Location

Latitude:

68° 29' 15.4" S

-68.48761°

Accurate to 30m

Longitude:

78° 26' 07.4" E

78.43539°

Accurate to 30m

Altitude:

110.5 m

Accurate to 5m

Images

©Belinda Reynolds 2009

Catalogue id: IA21942
Caption: Luncke Ridge, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1200 feet. Looking Southwest.
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:

11-Aug-1958

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