Name details

East Beach

East Beach (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

East Beach  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 140234

Feature type: Beach

Origin

This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

Cobble and gravel beach on the eastern side of Rothera Point, to the east of its highest point. The feature is about 400 m long and extends about 50 m from the coast.

Named For

Named descriptively.

Location

Latitude:
67° 34' 09.8" S
-67.56940°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
68° 06' 59.0" W
-68.11640°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Landsat-8 image courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey
Source Identifier:
https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/
Source Scale:
1:30 m resolution
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
UK APC
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
25-Mar-2021

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