Name details

Kilby Reef

Kilby Reef (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Kilby Reef  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2258

Feature type: Reef

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 small, isolated reef, which uncovers at low water, with depths of less than six metres extending 27 m southwards. It is about 2.5 km from the summit of Shirley Islands, Windmill Islands. Charted during a hydrographic survey of Newcomb Bay and Approaches by d'A.T. Gale, hydrographic surveyor with the ANARE expedition on the MVThala Dan in 1962, led by Philip Law. Named from Kilby Island.  

Named For

Location

Latitude:
66° 16' 27.8" S
-66.27440°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
110° 31' 54.1" E
110.53170°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
0 m
Accurate to 5m

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Topographic data
Source Name:
Windmill Islands 1:50000 GIS Dataset
Source Identifier:
Wind50K
Source Scale:
1:5000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
Australian Antarctic Division
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
Unknown

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