Name details

Basaltbach

Basaltbach (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Basaltbach  (The name as it would appear on a map)

If this information is incorrect, please e-mail mapping@aad.gov.au

Germany Gazetteer Id 106804

Feature type: Watercourse (10)

Origin

This name originates from Germany. It is part of the Germany Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

Creek flowing into Bothy Bay, central W coast of Fildes Peninsula, King George Island. Named during expeditions conducted from 1982 to 1985, organized by the Geographical Institute of the University of Heidelberg and the Geomorphological Laboratory of the Freie Universtät Berlin.

Named For

Deposit of basaltic rocks.

Location

Latitude:
62° 10' 00.0" S
-62.16667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
58° 58' 00.0" W
-58.96667°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Published by Barsch & Stäblein on the map 'Fildeshalbinsel' at 1:25,000 scale, Berlin 1984; factually checked and approved by Ständiger Ausschuss für geographische Namen (StAGN) (German PCGN) on 1985-MAR-05; finally approved by German National Committee of SCAR.

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
19-Apr-1985

Display Scales

Note These display scales were chosen for use by Australia, with an emphasis on East Antarctica.
          For example, selecting 'Aus_display_scale_20M' would only return names that would appear on a 1:20 million scale map.

Aus_display_scale_20M: No      Aus_display_scale_10M: No     
Aus_display_scale_5M: No      Aus_display_scale_2M: No     
Aus_display_scale_1M: No      Aus_display_scale_500k: No     
Aus_display_scale_250k: No      Aus_display_scale_100k: No     
Aus_display_scale_50k: No      Aus_display_scale_25k: No     
Aus_display_scale_10k: No      Aus_display_scale_5k: No     
Aus_display_scale_1k: No     


Related information

Biodiversity
View fauna, flora or both within 1.0 degree of this location

Place names
View German or international place names within 1.0 degree of this location.