Name details

Betts Island

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 981

Feature type: Island

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

An island in the northern part of the Larsemann Hills.

Named For

Named after Martin Betts, Field Leader of the 1987-88 ANARE Larsemann Hills Summer Party.

Location

Latitude:
69° 20' 58.0" S
-69.34944°
Accurate to 25m
Longitude:
76° 12' 48.0" E
76.21333°
Accurate to 25m
Altitude:
63 m
Accurate to 10m

Images


©Adam Christensen 2009
Catalogue id
IA21751
Caption
Betts Island, Larsemann Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1700 feet. Looking North.
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:
29-Sep-1988

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