Name details

Fidelia Isthmus

Fidelia Isthmus (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Fidelia Isthmus (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 139196

Feature type: Isthmus

Origin

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

Narrative

Isthmus linking Laurens Peninsula to mainland Heard Island

Named For

Named after Fidelia Heard, wife of Captain John Heard. Sailing on the bark merchant vessel Oriental, Captain Heard provided the first recorded sighting of the island on 25 November 1853. Fidelia Heard made the first known drawings of Heard Island.

Location

Latitude:

53° 01' 18.2" S

-53.02173°

Unknown precision

Longitude:

73° 22' 05.2" E

73.36812°

Unknown precision

Altitude:

Not recorded

Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:

Unknown

Source Name:

Unknown

Source Identifier:

WV2 21Feb2016 & 2Mar2017

Source Scale:

Unknown

Source Institution:

Unknown

Source Person:

Unknown

Source Publisher:

Australian Antarctic Division

Remote sensing:

Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:

Unknown

Date approved:

9-Dec-2019

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