STAND

ALTERNATE NAME/NUMBER - 2444/N-5/960

75º 53' 13.032" S

128º 39' 24.152" W

2716.0 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 in the Mc Cuddin Mountains on the highest snow summit on Mt. Petros, 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 06 November 1967.

Vertical Datum - Mean sea level

Image Views

FULL Scene (185 km x 185 km)

Landsat 4: LT5015114008635710

Path 015 Row 114 - 23 December 1986

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: 460K 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 TMA1627-25L

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Oblique (2)

from TMA1628-152R

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Oblique (3)

from TMA1726-57R

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Oblique (4)

from TMA1727-302R

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Hand Held Ground Photography - Byrd Station Traverse 1959-60

Hand held 2

from Mile 693

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