Name details

Stanton Group

Stanton Group (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Stanton Group  (The name as it would appear on a map)

If this information is incorrect, please e-mail mapping@aad.gov.au

Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 1005

Feature type: Island

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A group of small, rocky islands close to the coast, about 9-11 km north-east of Falla Bluff, Mac.Robertson Land. Discovered on 14 or 18 February, 1931, by BANZARE under Sir Douglas Mawson.

Named For

Named after A.M. Stanton, first officer of the Discovery, 1930-31.

Location

Latitude:
67° 31' 20.6" S
-67.52240°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
61° 36' 47.5" E
61.61320°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
28-Nov-1955

Display Scales

Note These display scales were chosen for use by Australia, with an emphasis on East Antarctica.
          For example, selecting 'Aus_display_scale_20M' would only return names that would appear on a 1:20 million scale map.

Aus_display_scale_20M: No      Aus_display_scale_10M: No     
Aus_display_scale_5M: No      Aus_display_scale_2M: Yes     
Aus_display_scale_1M: Yes      Aus_display_scale_500k: Yes     
Aus_display_scale_250k: Yes      Aus_display_scale_100k: Yes     
Aus_display_scale_50k: Yes      Aus_display_scale_25k: No     
Aus_display_scale_10k: No      Aus_display_scale_5k: No     
Aus_display_scale_1k: No     


Related information

Biodiversity
View fauna, flora or both within 1.0 degree of this location

Place names
View Australian or international place names within 1.0 degree of this location.