E3

ALTERNATE NAME/NUMBER - 617

77º 00' 31" S

125º 46' 11" W

2763 Meters

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE RANGE CONTROL

1959-60 Season

Engineer: William H. Chapman

Intersected peak positions determined from primary traverse stations determined by solar position at M239.

Elevations determined by altimeter traverse based on Byrd Station elevation of 1530 meters

Wild T-2 used for angular measurements

Located in Marie Byrd Land at the S. end of the Executive Committee Range on the NE. slope of Mount Sidley on Feyerharm Knoll, intersected station.

Survey mark - highest rock point

Horizontal Datum - Position based on solar observations at Mile 239.

Surveyed on January 1960.

Vertical Datum - Mean sea level

Image Views

FULL Scene (185 km x 185 km)

Landsat 4: LT4014115009004910

Path 014 Row 115 - 18 February 1990

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

Sun elev: 14 deg / Sun azimuth: 79 deg

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B&W: 184K 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 571-14L

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