Name details

Brisbane Heights

Brisbane Heights (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Brisbane Heights  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 107957

Feature type: Heights

Origin

This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

ice-covered area of W central Coronation Island, rising to c. 920m between Worswick Hill and Beaufoy Ridge, were roughly surveyed by FIDS from Signy in 1948-49 and named Brisbane Plateau, after Capt. Matthew Brisbane (?1787-1833), Master of the cutter Beaufoy, who sailed with Weddell, 1822-24, and took part in the first survey of the S coasts of the South Orkney Islands (q.v.) in January 1823 (APC, 1955, p.6); resurveyed by FIDS from Signy in 1956 and renamed Brisbane Heights (APC, 1959a, p.5; DOS 510 South Orkney Islands, West Sheet, 1963). Alturas Brisbane (Argentina. AA, 1991, p. 9)

Named For

Location

Latitude:
60° 36' 00.0" S
-60.60000°
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Longitude:
45° 38' 00.0" W
-45.63333°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
31-Mar-1955

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