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ALTERNATE NAME/NUMBER - 2656

73º 18' 08.639" S

92º 53' 20.380" W

567.8 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 on the Eights Coast approximately 30 km SW of the S end of Farwell Island, approximately 17 km NE of Mt. Loweth, and approximately 9 km S of the S edge of the Abbot Ice Shelf in the SE end of a crevasse area, occupied snow station.

Survey mark - 2' x 2" wood stake set in snow surface.

Surveyed on 26 January 1969.

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: LT4229112008901610

Path 229 Row 112 - 04 November 1996

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

Sun elev: 27º / Sun azimuth: 72º

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B&W: 293K jpeg (12 pixels/inch)

Not identifiable on Landsat Imagery.

Aerial photos

No vertical photography available

Oblique (1)

from TMA 1731-405R

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