Feature Name (see definition): Price Terrace

Feature Class (see definition): Bench

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 18758

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 77° 19' 40" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 161° 18' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -77.3277778

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 161.3

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/2005

Description (see definition): A relatively level ice-free area c. 1 mi sq between LaBelle Valley and Berkey Valley in Cruzen Range, Victoria Land. The terrace rises to 1250 m, about 750 m above Barwick Valley close southward. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2005) after P. Buford Price, Physics Department, University of California at Berkeley, a U.S. Antarctic Project (USAP) principal investigator for cosmic-ray studies near McMurdo Station, 1989, and neutrino astrophysics research at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, 1991.

Date Created (see definition): 01/01/2005

Date Edited (see definition): No data