WHITEY

ALTERNATE NAME/NUMBER - 2358

77º 34' 25.086" S

144º 47' 59.934" W

697.5 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 a broad ice-covered ridge between the Hammond and Boyd Glaciers approximately 3 km NE of Murphy Rocks, unmonumented snow station.

Survey mark - 2" x 2" wooden stake set in snow

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

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