Name details

Hutchison Nunatak

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 1868

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 nunatak about 1.6 km east of Mount Thomas in the Prince Charles Mountains. Mapped from air photographs taken by ANARE in 1960. Named after C.R. Hutchison, surveyor with the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey party in 1970.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
71° 02' 16.6" S
-71.03794°
Accurate to 200m
Longitude:
64° 44' 37.9" E
64.74386°
Accurate to 200m
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Satellite Image
Source Name:
LIMA - Landsat Image Mosaic Antarctica
Source Identifier:
Satellite image ( Satellite Image Catalogue - Scene Id E132_RGB_321_1X not in the Satellite Image Catalogue. )
Source Scale:
1:30000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
USGS - United States Geological Survey
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
27-Nov-1973

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