Name details

Cape Bidlingmaier

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 299

Feature type: Cape

Origin

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

Narrative

A rocky cape on the north coast of Heard Island. The cape was named by Drygalski after Dr F. Bidlingmaier, magnetician of the scientific staff of the German South Polar Expedition 1901-1903 on the Gauss and one of the landing party, 3 February 1902.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
53° 00' 55.1" S
-53.01531°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
73° 32' 11.4" E
73.53650°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
50 m
Unknown precision

Images


©AAD, Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 1980
Catalogue id
1932C2
Caption
Cape Biddingmier and Mechanics Bay from Saddle Point
Photographer
Johnstone, Gavin W

Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
21-Oct-1952

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