Name details

Alfred Point

Alfred Point (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Alfred Point  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 138306

Feature type: Point

Origin

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

Narrative

A point of sand and shingle that formed following the erosion of Elephant Spit, eastern Heard Island.

Named For

On 29 December 1854 during a sealing voyage from the United States, the whaling schooner, Alfred, was wrecked at Elephant Spit during a severe storm. The first of fourteen known shipwrecks at Heard Island, all on the Alfred survived and were eventually rescued.

Location

Latitude:
53° 07' 18.4" S
-53.12178°
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Longitude:
73° 45' 18.8" E
73.75522°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Satellite Image
Source Name:
WorldView 2
Source Identifier:
Satellite image ( Satellite Image Catalogue - Scene Id 21Feb2016 East not in the Satellite Image Catalogue. )
Source Scale:
1:50,000
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
14-Aug-2018

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