SCAR Composite Gazetteer

Weasel Gap

Weasel Gap (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Weasel Gap (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 15798
Name ID: 431

Feature type: Gap

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:

Weasel Gap (Russia)
Weasel Gap (United States of America)

Narrative

A gap with a névé surface and a low gradient offering a feasible route southward between Mt. Starlight and the Athos Range. It is 1,670m high and was sighted by ANARE party led by John M. Béchervaise on 26 November, 1955.

Named For

Location

Latitude:

70° 11' 36.4" S

-70.19344°

Accurate to 200m

Longitude:

64° 39' 18.4" E

64.65511°

Accurate to 200m

Altitude:

1670 m

Accurate to 100m

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:

Satellite Image

Source Name:

LIMA - Landsat Image Mosaic Antarctica

Source Identifier:

Satellite image ( Satellite Image Catalogue - Scene Id E151_RGB_321_1X not in the Satellite Image Catalogue. )

Source Scale:

1:30000

Source Institution:

Australian Antarctic Division

Source Person:

Brolsma

Source Publisher:

USGS

Remote sensing:

Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:

Official

Date approved:

Unknown

Related information

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