L5S

ALTERNATE NAME/NUMBER - 2370/T-6/951

77º 18' 37.5" S

142º 07' 13.7" W

1160.4 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 on the SW side of the Clark Mountains on Mount Van Valkenburg, intersected station.

Survey mark - highest rock point

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

Surveyed on 14 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 526-161L

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Oblique (2)

from TMA 527-228R

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Oblique (3)

from TMA 1598-214L

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Oblique (4)

from TMA 1599-58L

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Hand Held Ground Photography - Byrd Station Traverse 1959-60

Hand held 4

from Mile 890

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