Name details

Davey Nunataks

Davey Nunataks (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Davey Nunataks  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 1751

Feature type: Nunatak

Origin

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

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A group of seven small nunataks about 7 km SSW of Mount Harding in the Grove Mountains, Princess Elizabeth Land. Plotted from ANARE air photographs. Named after S L Davey, topographic draughtsman with the (then) Division of National Mapping of the Australian Department of National Development.

Named For

S L Davey, topographic draughtsman

Location

Latitude:
72° 58' 00.1" S
-72.96670°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
74° 52' 00.1" E
74.86670°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images


©Henk Brolsma 2004
Catalogue id
IA16574
Caption
View from the south east end of Tianhe Range in the Grove Mountains looking in a south eaterly direction. The camp was just behind the camera station. The photo was taken at about 10pm with the clouds signalling a change for overcast cold weather the following day.
Photographer
Brolsma, Henk

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
29-Jul-1965

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