Name details

Fossil Wood Point

Fossil Wood Point (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Fossil Wood Point  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2140

Feature type: Point

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 point of land between Bainmedart Cove and Radok Lake in the eastern part of the Aramis Range, Prince Charles Mountains. The area was visited several times in January-February, 1969, by A Medvecky, geologist with the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey party.Deposits of fossil wood were found on the point.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
70° 51' 00.0" S
-70.85000°
Accurate to 50m
Longitude:
68° 00' 55.0" E
68.01528°
Accurate to 50m
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Georeferenced Satellite Image
Source Name:
SPOT 5 11 January 2004
Source Identifier:
Satellite image ( Satellite Image Catalogue - Scene Id sp5xi10_265498_110104_ortho.bil not in the Satellite Image Catalogue. )
Source Scale:
1:25000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
CNES
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
18-May-1971

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