Name details

Brothers Point

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2183

Feature type: Point

Origin

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

Narrative

A point on the east coast of Macquarie Island.

Named For

The colonial schooner "Brothers" was engaged in sealing at the time Macquarie Island was discovered. There is, however, no evidence of the use of this name during the first decade of exploitation and it remains uncertain that this name, in use at the end of the nineteenth century, does commemorate this early association with the Island. Tasmania Nomenclature Board Reg 19273J / Decn 4888. In lieu of "Tom Ugly Point".

Location

Latitude:
54° 34' 48.6" S
-54.58017°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
158° 55' 26.6" E
158.92406°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
0 m
Unknown precision

Images


©Ben Raymond 2009
Catalogue id
IA16662
Caption
Brothers Point from the water
Photographer
Raymond, Ben

Map

Source

Location Method:
Topographic data
Source Name:
Macquarie Island Vegetation and Drainage Structure Data Set,Mac Island Contours from AIRSAR Aug 2000
Source Identifier:
MIvegmap,macca_contour_gis
Source Scale:
1:25000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
Australian Antarctic Division
Remote sensing:
NASA AIRSAR DEM Metadata record - [macca_dem_gis]

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
11-Aug-1955

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