Name details

Cape Drakon

Drakon, Cape (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Cape Drakon  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 233

Feature type: Cape

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 cape about 2.5 kms south-east from the easternmost point of Torckler Island in the Rauer Group. The cape forms the northern arm of the two arms of Macey Peninsula. Charted by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1956.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
68° 54' 51.5" S
-68.91431°
Accurate to 200m
Longitude:
77° 54' 03.0" E
77.90083°
Accurate to 200m
Altitude:
42 m
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Satellite Image
Source Name:
LIMA - Landsat Image Mosaic Antarctica
Source Identifier:
Satellite image ( Satellite Image Catalogue - Scene Id E152_RGB_321_1X not in the Satellite Image Catalogue. )
Source Scale:
1:25000
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:
7-Mar-1991

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