Name details

Trethewry Point

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2161

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 rocky promontory about 120 m high, projecting north about a mile from the coast of Kemp Land, approximately 9 km east of William Scoresby Bay.

Named For

Discovered and named in February, 1936, by the William Scoresby Expedition.

Location

Latitude:
67° 23' 17.0" S
-67.38806°
Accurate to 200m
Longitude:
59° 47' 37.5" E
59.79375°
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:
Landsat Image Mosaic Antarctica (LIMA)
Source Identifier:
LIMA E150_CIR_432_1X
Source Scale:
1:20000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
United States Geological Survey (USGS)
Remote sensing:
Landsat 7 LIMA E150_CIR_432_1X

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
22-Jul-1959

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