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Victoria University Antarctic Research Expedition Science and Logistics Reports 1979-80: VUWAE 24
Reference Pole at the snout of Ferrar Glacier (BAS)
Reference Pole at the snout of Ferrar Glacier (BAS)
A 75 × 50 mm pole with 500 mm square crossed red plywood vanes was set up on the floating snout of Ferrar Glacier. The pole is buried about 1.5 m in the ice and the top of the pole was measured to be 0.860 m above the ice surface on 9.11.79.
Colin Fink, N.Z. Lands and Survey Department, has established three stations on the sides of Ferrar Valley to monitor the movement of the pole. The co-ordinates of the pole in November 1979 were
- 77°41′ 30.3935″ South
- 163°31′ 15.3502″ East
Co-ordinates of the three valley side stations are
- F1 77°43′ 09.2660″ South 163°32′ 05.7509″ East
- F2 77°42′ 52.9057″ 163°41′ 33.7723″
- F3 77°39′ 33.3433″ 163°31′ 39.0883″