Name details

Fremantle Peak

Fremantle Peak (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Fremantle Peak  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2019

Feature type: Peak

Origin

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

Narrative

A peak about 2330 metres high on the northern rim of Big Ben on Heard Island. The name was given by the 1948 ANARE Heard Island Expedition after Fremantle, Western Australia, an Australian port.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
53° 05' 02.0" S
-53.08389°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
73° 30' 56.5" E
73.51569°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
2330 m
Accurate to 30m

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Georeferenced Satellite Image
Source Name:
WorldView Image 23 March 2008
Source Identifier:
Metadata ( Heard_WorldView-1_23MAR08 - Heard Island WorldView-1 Image (23 March 2008) orthorectification )
Source Scale:
1:5000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
DigitalGlobe
Remote sensing:
Altitude from: A Digital Elevation Model of Heard Island derived from TerraSAR satellite imagery Entry ID: heard_dem_terrasar

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
21-Oct-1952

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