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ALTERNATE NAME/NUMBER - 2463
74º 24' 03.765" S
127º 21' 34.149" W
50.5 Meters
MARIE BYRD LAND CONTROL
Flood Range to Mount Murphy Area
1967-68 Season
Engineers: Jack Harry, Charles Henkle, Lenny Hill, Tom
Taylor
Terrestrial survey network employing Wild T-2 theodolite
for angular measurements and Electro-tapes for distance measurements.
DKM-3A used for astro measurements.
Located on the on the Getz Ice Shelf approximatley 11 km E. of the summit
of Dean Island, unmonumented snow station.
Survey mark - 2" x 2" wooden stake set in snow on top of the
largest snow drift in a crevasse field.
Horizontal Datum - Position based on the Astronomic Position of Snoopy
Astro determined during the 1966-67 Season.
Surveyed on 06 December 1967.
Vertical Datum - Mean sea level
Image Views
FULL Scene
(185 km x 185 km)
Landsat 4: LT4018113008805610
Path 018 Row 113 - 25 February 1988
Quad map outlined in red. Up in image is roughly 35 degrees True.
Sun elev: 14 deg / Sun azimuth: 74 deg
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B&W: 253K jpeg (12 pixels)
Unstable control point. Point established in 1967 on a moving ice sheet.
Landsat imagery taken in 1988. The coordinate values established in 1967
would be of no value for imagery taken after that date.
Aerial photos
No vertical photographs available
Oblique (1)
from TMA1627-65R
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Oblique (2)
from TMA1625-147R
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Oblique (3)
from TMA2042-159R
FULL Scene
(185 km x 185 km)
