Name details

Macaroni Hill

Macaroni Hill (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Macaroni Hill  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 707

Feature type: Hill

Origin

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

Narrative

The hill is the site of a Macaroni penguin colony estimated at 40 000 in March 1980. NOTE: With the volcanic eruption On McDonald Island in 2003 the immediate surrounds changed and the penguin colony disappeared. It is unknown (as at August 2008) whether the penguins have returned. The prominent hill about 40 m in height on the northern extremity of the main McDonald Island.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
53° 02' 04.4" S
-53.03456°
Accurate to 50m
Longitude:
72° 35' 55.4" E
72.59872°
Accurate to 50m
Altitude:
51 m
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Satellite Image
Source Name:
DigitalGlobe
Source Identifier:
Satellite image ( No Image Available Satellite Image Catalogue - Scene Id 1010010001C99801 - View Reference
)
Source Scale:
1:2000
Source Institution:
AAD
Source Person:
AADC
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
DigitalGlobe image SceneID_1010010001C99801 Captured 9 April 2003

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Disappeared
Date approved:
Unknown

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