Name details

Cape Denison

Denison, Cape (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Cape Denison  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 281

Feature type: Cape

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 rocky cape on the eastern side of Commonwealth Bay, on the coast of George V Land. Discovered in 1912 by AAE (1911-14) under Sir Douglas Mawson, who named it after Sir Hugh Denison of Sydney, a patron of the expedition.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
67° 00' 31.0" S
-67.00861°
Accurate to 20m
Longitude:
142° 40' 00.0" E
142.66667°
Accurate to 20m
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images


©Ursula Ryan 2005
Catalogue id
IA16564
Caption
Cape Denison from the air.
Photographer
Ryan, Ursula

Map

Source

Location Method:
Satellite Image
Source Name:
IKONOS
Source Identifier:
Satellite image ( No Image Available Satellite Image Catalogue - Scene Id 2001013123204820000011627275 - View Reference
)
Source Scale:
1:2000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
Unknown

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