Name details

Transposition Point

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2213

Feature type: Point

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

An isolated group of rocks at the western end of the southern margin of Khmara Bay in Enderby Land. A prominent feature of the geology of these outcrops is the transposed layering.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
67° 24' 33.3" S
-67.40925°
Accurate to 200m
Longitude:
48° 51' 07.3" E
48.85203°
Accurate to 200m
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Satellite Image
Source Name:
LIMA - Landsat Image Mosaic Antarctica
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
1:50000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
USGS - United States Geological Survey
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
26-Jul-1983

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