Name details

Lavallee Point

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

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

If this information is incorrect, please e-mail mapping@aad.gov.au

New Zealand Gazetteer Id 139397

Feature type: Point

Origin

This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

The northernmost point of Shipton Ridge in the Allan Hills. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-MC06

Named For

Discovered by the NZARP Allan Hills Expedition (1964). Named after Lieut. Lavallee, a US Navy helicopter pilot, who assisted in establishing the expedition in the Allan Hills.

Location

Latitude:
76° 37' 00.0" S
-76.61667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
159° 51' 00.0" E
159.85000°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
1654 m
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
0.5m Antarctic Imagery Mosaic, DigitalGlobe Inc 2018
Source Identifier:
102001000AD63A00
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Polar Geospatial Center
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
15-Jul-1965

Display Scales

Note These display scales were chosen for use by Australia, with an emphasis on East Antarctica.
          For example, selecting 'Aus_display_scale_20M' would only return names that would appear on a 1:20 million scale map.

Aus_display_scale_20M: No      Aus_display_scale_10M: No     
Aus_display_scale_5M: No      Aus_display_scale_2M: No     
Aus_display_scale_1M: No      Aus_display_scale_500k: No     
Aus_display_scale_250k: No      Aus_display_scale_100k: No     
Aus_display_scale_50k: No      Aus_display_scale_25k: No     
Aus_display_scale_10k: No      Aus_display_scale_5k: No     
Aus_display_scale_1k: No     


Related information

Biodiversity
View fauna, flora or both within 1.0 degree of this location

Place names
View New Zealand or international place names within 1.0 degree of this location.