Name details

Big Ben

Big Ben (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Big Ben  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 1305

Feature type: Massif

Origin

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

Narrative

The sealers' name for a peak on Heard Island, recorded in the text of the Challenger Narrative and adopted in later editions of Admiralty Chart No. 802 in preference to Emperor William Peak which had apparently been proposed by the officers of the Arkona. The name is now applied to the whole massif and the prominent peaks are separately named.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
53° 05' 40.2" S
-53.09450°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
73° 31' 47.6" E
73.52989°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
2760 m
Unknown precision

Images


©Goldsworthy, Simon 2003
Catalogue id
10146D3
Photographer
Goldsworthy, Simon

Map

Source

Location Method:
Georeferenced Satellite Image
Source Name:
World View 23/3/2008
Source Identifier:
Metadata ( Heard_WorldView-1_23MAR08 - Heard Island WorldView-1 Image (23 March 2008) orthorectification )
Source Scale:
1:5000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
DigitalGlobe
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
21-Oct-1952

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