Name details

Cormorant Island

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 138315

Feature type: Island

Origin

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

Narrative

Small basaltic island in southern extremity of Sydney Cove, Heard Island.

Named For

The summit of the island is a nesting site for cormorants.

Location

Latitude:
52° 58' 33.8" S
-52.97606°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
73° 18' 49.0" E
73.31360°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Satellite Image
Source Name:
WorldView2
Source Identifier:
Satellite image ( Satellite Image Catalogue - Scene Id 2Mar2017 not in the Satellite Image Catalogue. )
Source Scale:
Unknown
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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