SCOTT

ALTERNATE NAME/NUMBER - 2349/6

77º 12' 29.025" S

154º 33' 27.271" W

703.2 Meters

MARIE BYRD LAND CONTROL

Edward VII to Getz Ice Shelf Area

1966-67 Season

Engineers: Thomas Bray, DeWayne Faulkender, Charles Morrison, Joe Strange

Terrestrial survey network employing Wild T-2 theodolite for angular measurements and Electro-tapes for distance measurements.

DKM-3A used for astro measurements.

Located in Marie Byrd Land on the N. side of Edward VII Peninsula in the Alexandra Mountains on highest snow point on Scott Nunataks, unmonumented snow station.

Survey mark - highest snow point.

Surveyed on 25 December 1966.

Horizontal Datum - Position based on the Astronomic Position of Snoopy Astro determined during the 1966-67 Season.

Vertical Datum - Mean sea level

Image Views

FULL Scene (185 km x 185 km)

Landsat 5: LT5027115008634510

Path 027 Row 116 - 11 December 1986

Quad map outlined in red. Up in image is roughly 35 degrees True.

Sun elev: 25 deg / Sun azimuth: 84 deg

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B&W: 291K jpeg (12 pixels/inch)

Regional View

28 km x 28 km (701 x 701 pixels)

Box indicates position of local chip

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Local Chip

2.5 km x 2.5 km (69 x 69 pixels)

Centered on control point pixel

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Aerial photos

No vertical photography available

Oblique (1)

from TMA1638-188L

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Oblique (2)

from TMA1640-106R

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Oblique (3)

from TMA1773-238L

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