Name details

Cruise Nunatak

Cruise Nunatak (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Cruise Nunatak  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 1748

Feature type: Nunatak

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

A high, ice-capped feature, with exposed rock on the steep eastern ridge, about 19 km east of Hay Hills on the Mawson Escarpment, Mac.Robertson Land. Photographed by ANARE in 1956 and 1960. A fuel depot was established nearby during the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey in 1972. Named after John Cruise, miner at Mawson in 1971.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
72° 59' 33.0" S
-72.99250°
Accurate to 200m
Longitude:
69° 03' 59.0" E
69.06639°
Accurate to 200m
Altitude:
1500 m
Accurate to 10m

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Satellite Image
Source Name:
Landsat Image Mosaic Antarctica (LIMA)
Source Identifier:
E133_CIR_432_1X
Source Scale:
1:20000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
United States Geological Survey (USGS)
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
27-Nov-1973

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