Name details

Corry Rocks

Corry Rocks (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Corry Rocks  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2386

Feature type: Rock

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 about twelve brown coloured rocks at the northern extremity of Gillock Island. One of these rocks was occupied as a survey station during the ANARE tellurometer traverse from Larsemann Hills to Reinbolt Hills in 1968. Named after Max J Corry, officer-in-charge and glaciologist of the ANARE Amery Ice Shelf party in 1968, who took part in the survey.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
70° 17' 47.0" S
-70.29639°
Accurate to 1m
Longitude:
71° 46' 30.2" E
71.77506°
Accurate to 1m
Altitude:
220 m
Accurate to 5m

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Differential GPS
Source Name:
Geoscience Australia Survey Control Database
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
Geoscience Australia
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
22-Oct-1968

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