Name details

Oriental Island

Oriental Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Oriental Island  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 824

Feature type: Island

Origin

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

Narrative

A rocky island about 160 metres in length in Cave Bay on the western side of Heard Island. Named after the American merchant ship Oriental, from which Captain Heard sighted Heard Island on 25 November 1853.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
53° 02' 15.5" S
-53.03764°
Accurate to 20m
Longitude:
73° 21' 55.7" E
73.36547°
Accurate to 20m
Altitude:
10 m
Accurate to 5m

Images

No images of this place could be found.

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:
1:5000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
Worldview
Remote sensing:
Worldview Satellite Cat ID 1958 23/03/2009

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
3-Dec-1982

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