AL

ALTERNATE NAME/NUMBER - 2317/T-33

75º 27' 40.418" S

139º 33' 31.121" W

841.6 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 the Ickes Mountains on Mt Vance, monumented station.

Survey mark - Standard USGS tablet set in drill hole in rock on highest point, stamped "AL 1966-67"..

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

Surveyed on 1 January 1967.

Vertical Datum - Mean sea level

Image Views

FULL Scene (185 km x 185 km)

Landsat 5: LT4023114008634910

Path 023 Row 114 - 19 December 1986

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

Sun elev: 27 deg / Sun azimuth: 77 deg

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B&W: 299K 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 TMA1596-63L (Not centered on control point)

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Oblique (2)

from TMA1607-159L

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Oblique (3)

from TMA1759-241L

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