Name details

Van Hulssen Nunatak

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 1811

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

An isolated nunatak about 1,330 m above sea level, about 11 km south of the South Masson Range. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37). F. Van Hulssen, technical officer (ionosphere) at Mawson in 1959

Named For

Location

Latitude:
67° 59' 20.4" S
-67.98900°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
62° 44' 53.4" E
62.74817°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
1251.1 m
Accurate to 20m

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Framnes Mountains 1:25000 Topographic GIS Dataset
Source Identifier:
fram25k
Source Scale:
1:2000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
Australian Antarctic Division
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
11-Oct-1960

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