Name details

Graham Ridge

Graham Ridge (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Graham Ridge  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2329

Feature type: Ridge

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer.

Narrative

An exposed rock feature rising gently from the Stephenson Glacier on Heard Island. Edward Graham, Senior Technical Officer, Survey, (then) Division of National Mapping, carried out aerial photo and control survey work in the area during the 1980 Natmap expedition.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
53° 06' 54.7" S
-53.11519°
Accurate to 20m
Longitude:
73° 38' 31.6" E
73.64211°
Accurate to 20m
Altitude:
450 m
Accurate to 20m

Images


©Doug Thost 2004
Catalogue id
IA13148
Caption
The Stephenson Glacier flows into the Stephenson Lagoon, eastern Heard Island. 5th Feb. 2004
Photographer
Thost, Douglas (Doug)

Map

Source

Location Method:
Georeferenced Satellite Image
Source Name:
World View 23/3/2008
Source Identifier:
Metadata ( Heard_WorldView-1_23MAR08 - Heard Island WorldView-1 Image (23 March 2008) orthorectification )
Source Scale:
1:5000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
DigitalGlobe
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
3-Dec-1982

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