Name details

Australian Antarctic Territory

Australian Antarctic Territory (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Australian Antarctic Territory  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2524

Feature type: Territory

Origin

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

Narrative

That portion of Antarctica lying between Longitudes 45 degrees E., and 136 degrees E., and between longitudes 142 degrees E., and 160 degrees E. Created by Order in Council on 7 February, 1933, and proclaimed on 24 August, 1936, subsequent to the Australian Antarctic Territory Acceptance Act, 1933.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
75° 00' 00.0" S
-75.00000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
90° 00' 00.0" E
90.00000°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

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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:
Unknown

Display Scales

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


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