Name details

Cape Waldron

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 296

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

An ice-covered cape between the Budd Coast and the Sabrina Coast of Wilkes Land. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47) and named Cape Waldron after R.R. Waldron, purser of the Vincennes, sloop of the US Exploring Expedition (1938-42) under Wilkes.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
66° 28' 47.0" S
-66.47972°
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Longitude:
115° 05' 22.0" E
115.08944°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Map

Source

Location Method:
Topographic data
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
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Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

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Approval status

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Date approved:
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