Name details

Capsize Beach

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 155

Feature type: Beach

Origin

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

Narrative

A sandy beach about half a kilometre in length between Winston Lagoon and Cape Lockyer on Heard Island.

Named For

Location

Latitude:

53° 09' 44.0" S

-53.16222°

Accurate to 20m

Longitude:

73° 38' 31.5" E

73.64208°

Accurate to 20m

Altitude:

Not recorded

Unknown precision

Images

©Jones, Robert T (Bob 1985

Catalogue id: 1892D5
Photographer: Jones, Robert T (Bob)

Map

Source

Location Method:

Georeferenced Satellite Image

Source Name:

WorldView-2 17/01/ 2010 Satellite Cat ID 2092

Source Identifier:

Satellite image ( Satellite Image Catalogue - Scene Id Satellite Cat ID 2092 not in the Satellite Image Catalogue. )

Source Scale:

1:10000

Source Institution:

Australian Antarctic Division

Source Person:

Brolsma

Source Publisher:

DigitalGlobe

Remote sensing:

Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:

Official

Date approved:

3-Dec-1982

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Aus_display_scale_250k:	No	Aus_display_scale_100k:	No
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