ALEXANDER

ALTERNATE NAME/NUMBER - 2706/36/T2

74º 50' 58.232" S

100º 26' 09.308" W

269.4 Meters

THURSTON ISLAND - JONES MOUNTAIN CONTROL

1968-69 Season

Engineers: Klaus Anderson, Frederick Brownsworth, Jr., Karl Eissinger, Charles Morrison, and Ronald Todd

Terrestrial survey network employing Wild T-2 theodolite for angular measurements and Electro-tapes for distance measurements.

DKM-3A used for astro measurements.

Located at the N terminus of the Pine Island Glacier at the SW end of the Hudson Mountains on Evans Knoll, monumented station.

Survey mark -Standard USGS tablet set in drill hole on a large semi-circular gray granite boulder, stamped "ALEXANDRA 1968-69".

Surveyed on 18 December 1968.

Horizontal Datum - Position based on the Astronomic Position of Camp II determined during the 1968-69 Season.

Vertical Datum - Mean sea level

Image Views

FULL Scene (185 km x 185 km)

Landsat 4: LT4232113009002410

Path 232 Row 113 - January 24 1990

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

Sun elev: 24º / Sun azimuth: 74º

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B&W: 322K 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 794-002L

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Oblique (2)

from TMA 1904-190R

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Oblique (3)

from TMA 1908-312R

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Oblique (4)

from TMA 1909-191L

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Oblique (5)

from TMA 2034-85R

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Hand Held Polariod Photography

Polariod (1)

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