Name details

Breadloaf Island

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 980

Feature type: Island

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 island, shaped like a loaf of bread, in the Larsemann Hills, about 0.7 km west of Easther Island and about 6.3 km WNW of Law Base. Plotted by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition 1936-37.

Named For

Named by the 1986-87 Larsemann Hills Field Party. Descriptive as it is shaped like a loaf of bread

Location

Latitude:
69° 22' 44.0" S
-69.37889°
Accurate to 25m
Longitude:
76° 12' 59.0" E
76.21639°
Accurate to 25m
Altitude:
65 m
Accurate to 10m

Images


©Adam Christensen 2009
Catalogue id
IA21757
Caption
Breadloaf Island, Larsemann Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1600 feet. Looking East.
Photographer
Christensen, Adam

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Larsemann Hills 1:25000 Topographic GIS Dataset
Source Identifier:
Lars25K
Source Scale:
1:25000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
Australian Antarctic Division
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
24-Nov-1987

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