Name details

Baldwin Nunatak

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 1832

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 nunatak about 2 km north-east of Mount Bensley in the western extension of the Athos Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Recorded on terrestrial photographs taken by R H Lacey, surveyor at Mawson in 1955, and aerial photography by ANARE in 1959 and 1965. Named after J W Baldwin, weather observer (radio) at Mawson in 1965.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
70° 18' 55.1" S
-70.31531°
Accurate to 150m
Longitude:
64° 23' 03.6" E
64.38433°
Accurate to 150m
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Satellite Image
Source Name:
Landsat Image Mosaic Antarctica (LIMA)
Source Identifier:
E132_CIR_432_1X
Source Scale:
Unknown
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:
10-Aug-1966

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