Name details

Possession Nunataks

Possession Nunataks (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Possession Nunataks  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2406

Feature type: Nunatak

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

Three small, isolated nunataks approximately 160 m high located about 1 km apart and aligned in a general north-east south-west direction projecting through blue ice just east of the Northcliffe Glacier, Queen Mary Land.

Named For

Nunataks discovered by the Western Base Party of Douglas Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-14) on 14 December 1912, when they established a depot at the central nunatak. On 25 December 1912 a ceremony was performed by Frank Wild, leader of the Western Base Party, taking possession of Queen Mary Land for the British Crown.

Location

Latitude:
66° 46' 50.0" S
-66.78056°
Accurate to 200m
Longitude:
98° 55' 11.0" E
98.91972°
Accurate to 200m
Altitude:
Not recorded
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 E164_RGB_321_1X not in the Satellite Image Catalogue. )
Source Scale:
1:25000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Mapping, AADC
Source Publisher:
USGS - United States Geological Survey
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
Unknown

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