Name details

Cemetery Ridge

Cemetery Ridge (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Cemetery Ridge  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 134422

Feature type: Ridge

Origin

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

Narrative

Prominent vegetated ridge overlooking Doppler Hill, Heard Island. Four graves were discovered here in 1987/88 by Max Downes and a search in 2003/04 by Eric Woehler re-located the site. Only 3 head boards were visible above the vegetation in January 2004.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
53° 07' 57.0" S
-53.13250°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
73° 43' 15.0" E
73.72083°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
30 m
Accurate to 5m

Images


©AAD, Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2004
Catalogue id
4843D1
Caption
Top of wooden sealers grave marker overgrown by Azorella selago and marked with modern steel stake, placed January 2004. Doppler Hill penguin rookery in background
Photographer
Woehler, Eric

Map

Source

Location Method:
Georeferenced Satellite Image
Source Name:
WorldView-2 17/01/ 2010 Satellite Cat ID 2092
Source Identifier:
Satellite image ( Satellite Image Catalogue - Scene Id Satellite Cat ID 2092 not in the Satellite Image Catalogue. )
Source Scale:
1:10000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
DigitalGlobe
Remote sensing:
Location of ridge confirmed by survey control points JJS-04/113 and JJS-04/117

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
1-May-2005

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