Name details

Alert Island

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 138307

Feature type: Island

Origin

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

Narrative

An elongated sandy island that formed following the erosion of Elephant Spit, eastern Heard Island.

Named For

The Alert was a 398 ton bark from New London, United States. It was one of several vessels that participated in the 1855-56 sealing season, a year which marked the beginning of the peak exploitation period for sealing on Heard Island.

Location

Latitude:
53° 06' 35.7" S
-53.10992°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
73° 51' 08.6" E
73.85238°
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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:
Unknown

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