Feature Name (see definition): Aronson Corner

Feature Class (see definition): Valley

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 613

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 80° 29' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 020° 56' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -80.4833333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -20.9333333

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Description (see definition): The cliffed extremity of a snow-capped ridge between Mummery Cliff and Chevreul Cliffs in Pioneers Escarpment (q.v.), Shackleton Range. Photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1967. Surveyed by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1968-71. In association with the names of pioneers of polar life and travel, named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) after Louis V. Aronson (1870-1940), American founder of the Ronson Corporation, who in about 1910 developed the first practical petrol lighter, known originally as the "trench match."

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