Name details

Stornes

Stornes (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Stornes  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2112

Feature type: Peninsula

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 rocky peninsula at the western end of the Larsemann Hills on the Ingrid Christensen Coast. Mapped from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936) and called Stornes (Big Point). The feature was visited by ANARE survey parties in 1968 and 1969.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
69° 25' 44.7" S
-69.42908°
Accurate to 25m
Longitude:
76° 05' 57.7" E
76.09936°
Accurate to 25m
Altitude:
141 m
Accurate to 10m

Images


©Rick Oates 2009
Catalogue id
IA21822
Caption
Stornes Peninsula, Larsemann Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1300 feet. Looking South.
Photographer
Oates, Rick

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Larsemann Hills 1:25000 Topographic GIS Dataset
Source Identifier:
Metadata ( Lars25k - Larsemann Hills 1:25000 Topographic GIS Dataset )
Source Scale:
1:25000
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:
Unknown

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