CHARLES 1976

ALTERNATE NAME/NUMBER -

73º 06' 40.971" S

062º 49' 52.442" W

1509.4 Meters

USGS/BAS LANDSAT GEOCEIVER PROJECT

1975-76 Season

Engineers: Karl W. Gaston and James W. Schoonmaker, Jr.

Positions developed by geoceiver (Doppler) observations.

Elevations are geodetic heights corrected to the geoid using NASA Goddard Earth Model (GEM) 10B.

Located in Palmer Land at the N end of the Dana Mountains approximately 85 km NW of New Bedford Inlet and approximately 3 km W of Mount Axworthy, unmonumented station.

Survey mark - 1 m rock cairn

Surveyed on 15 January 1976.

Horizontal Datum - Position based on WGS 72 datum

Vertical Datum - Elevations are geodetic heights corrected to the geoid using NASA Goddard Earth Model (GEM) 10B.

Image Views

FULL Scene (185 km x 185 km)

Landsat 4: LT4210112008902710

Path 210 Row 112 - 27 January 1989

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

Sun elev: 24º / Sun azimuth: 72º

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B&W: 368K 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

Oblique (1)

from TMA 1745-24L

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Oblique (2)

from TMA 1746-157L

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