Name details

Walsh Bluff

Walsh Bluff (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Walsh Bluff  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 197

Feature type: Bluff

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer.

Narrative

A rock exposure on the west coast, just north of the Abbotsmith Glacier and named after JE Walsh, weather observer with ANARE, Heard Island in 1950 and 1954 and dog attendant with ANARE Heard Island in 1951.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
53° 05' 43.0" S
-53.09528°
Accurate to 500m
Longitude:
73° 23' 45.0" E
73.39583°
Accurate to 500m
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images


©AAD, Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 1971
Catalogue id
1876A3
Caption
Looking north from Henderson Bluff
Photographer
Budd, Grahame M

Map

Source

Location Method:
Georeferenced Satellite Image
Source Name:
World View 23/3/2008 Satellite Cat ID 1958
Source Identifier:
Satellite Cat ID 1958
Source Scale:
1:10000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
Worldview
Remote sensing:
World View 23/3/2008 Satellite Cat ID 1958

Comments

Source of name unknown

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
Unknown

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