COURT

ALTERNATE NAME/NUMBER - 2325

77º 30' 27.035" S

143º 30' 57.593" W

1153.9 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 in the Ford Ranges in the Mackay Mountains on Mt. Monson, monumented station.

Survey mark - Standard USGS tablet set in drill hole in rock outcrop, stamped "COURT 1966".

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

Surveyed on 11 November 1966.

Vertical Datum - Mean sea level

Image Views

FULL Scene (185 km x 185 km)

Landsat 4: LT4024115008835410

Path 024 Row 115 - 19 December 1988

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

Sun elev: 27 deg / Sun azimuth: 78 deg

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B&W: 248K 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 TMA 526-129L

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Oblique (2)

from TMA 527-182R

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from TMA 1598-205L

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