MARGARET

ALTERNATE NAME/NUMBER - 2608/T13

 

74º 06' 59.553" S

103º 18' 36.597" W

116.4 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.

74º 07' 12" S

103º 17' 41" W

Meters

 

USCGS Polar Sea, Pine Island Bay Expedition
26 February-06 March, 1992
Engineers: Jon C. Campbell, Frank J. Kenny, and Gordon H. Shupe
GPS survey to establish mapping control stations and to occupy selected existing USGS monumeted control stations. Data has not been differentially post-process to obtain precise coordinates.
 

Located in Amundsen Sea just outside the entrance to Cranton Bay off the SW tip of Cantisteo Peninsula on the NE most island in the Brownston Islands, monumented station.
Survey mark -Standard USGS tablet set in drill hole in rock outcrop on the highest point on the west most of two rock outcrops, stamped "MARGARET 1968-69".
Surveyed on 19 December 1968./ GPS Survey on 02 February 1992
Horizontal Datum - Position based on the Astronomic Position of Camp II determined during the 1968-69 Season. / GPS - WGS-84 pseudorange point position/ Estimated accuracy: +/- 100 meters. Data has not been differentially post-process to obtain precise coordinates.
Vertical Datum - Mean sea level / GPS None


Image Views

FULL Scene (185 km x 185 km)

Landsat 5: LT5003113009707910
Path 003 Row 113 - 20 March 1997
Quad map outlined in red. Up in image is roughly 35 degrees True.
Sun elev: 05º / Sun azimuth: 69º
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B&W: 506K 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

 

Vertical

from TMA 2415-020V
approx 4 km x 4 km
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Local Chip

101 x 101 pixels
Centered on control point
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Oblique (1)

from TMA 1900-55R
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Oblique (2)

from TMA 1901-153L
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Oblique (3)

from TMA 1902-277L
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Oblique (4)

from TMA 1987-109L
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Hand Held Helicopter and Ground Photography - Pine Island Bay Expedition 1992

 

Hand Held Photography Oblique

from Margaret - 2V

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Hand Held Photography Oblique

from Margaret-1ob

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