Name details

Gilchrist Aiguilles

Gilchrist Aiguilles (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Gilchrist Aiguilles  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 1

Feature type: Aiguilles

Origin

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

Narrative

A series of sharp rock peaks, south of Mount Olsen on the Laurens Peninsula, and named after Dr AR Gilchrist, medical officer with ANARE, Heard Island in 1948 and 1963.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
53° 00' 54.8" S
-53.01522°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
73° 20' 11.1" E
73.33642°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
330 m
Accurate to 30m

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Georeferenced Satellite Image
Source Name:
Quickbird Image 4Feb 2003
Source Identifier:
Metadata ( QUICKBIRD_LAURENS_ORPMS - Orthorectified Quickbird Pan Sharpened Multi Spectral Image of Laurens Peninsula, Heard Island )
Source Scale:
1:5000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
DigitalGlobe
Remote sensing:
Alltitdue from: A Digital Elevation Model of Heard Island derived from TerraSAR satellite imagery Entry ID: heard_dem_terrasar

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
Unknown

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