Name details

Brooks Point

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2163

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 point on the Knox Coast of Wilkes Land, about 11 km north-west of Mallory Point. Mapped from ANARE air photographs.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
66° 45' 49.9" S
-66.76386°
Accurate to 500m
Longitude:
108° 24' 58.9" E
108.41636°
Accurate to 500m
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Satellite Image
Source Name:
Landsat 7 image L71106107_10720000102
Source Identifier:
Satellite image ( Satellite Image Catalogue - Scene Id E103_CIR_432_1X not in the Satellite Image Catalogue. )
Source Scale:
1:25000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
United States Geological Survey (USGS)
Remote sensing:
L71106107_10720000102

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
Unknown

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