Name details

Seavers Nunataks

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 1794

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

Two nunataks about 20 km north of Mount Menzies in the southern Prince Charles Mountains. Photographed from ANARE aircraft in 1958 and 1960 from ANARE aircraft. Used as a landmark on the route across the Fisher Glacier by an ANARE dog-sledge party led by D. Trail in December 1961. Named after J. Seavers, assistant cook at Mawson in 1961, who was a member of the dog-sledge party.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
73° 10' 48.4" S
-73.18011°
Accurate to 150m
Longitude:
61° 55' 15.7" E
61.92103°
Accurate to 150m
Altitude:
1841 m
Accurate to 100m

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Satellite Image The coordinates for this place name were derived from Map id 2721 - Massiv Zagadocnyj in the SCAR Map Catalogue.
Source Name:
Landsat Image Mosaic Antarctica (LIMA) and Map 2721 SCAR map cat.
Source Identifier:
E132_CIR_432_1X
Source Scale:
1:25000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
United States Geological Survey (USGS)
Remote sensing:
Height from Russian map SR41-7,8 (Map 2721 SCAR map catalogue)

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
23-Oct-1962

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