Name details

Caro Island

Caro Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Caro Island  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 137382

Feature type: Island

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

Dr.Caro was instrumental in establishing the first Antarctic Research Policy Advisory Committee, identifying the need for a a multi-purpose ice-breaker vessel. International recognition of the major contribution made by Australian scientists to Antarctic Research bears a heavy debt to the work of David Caro and his chairmanship of the Antarctic Research Policy Advisory Committee (ARPAC) in establishing the foundations of Australia's Antarctic science program we have today.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
68° 51' 32.0" S
-68.85889°
Accurate to 50m
Longitude:
77° 42' 16.0" E
77.70444°
Accurate to 50m
Altitude:
30 m
Accurate to 10m

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Topographic data
Source Name:
Australian Antarctic Territory Coastline 2003
Source Identifier:
Metadata ( AAT_Coastline_2003 - Australian Antarctic Territory Coastline 2003 )
Source Scale:
1:25000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
Geoscience Australia - National Mapping
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
5-Apr-2012

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