Name details

Walkabout Rocks

Walkabout Rocks (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Walkabout Rocks  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2412

Feature type: Rock

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

Prominent rock exposures at the edge of the plateau ice on the coast at the north-east extremity of the Vestfold Hills; in about Mapped from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37). Sir Hubert Wilkins landed at this point on 11 January, 1939. It was visited by an ANARE party led by Bruce H. Stinear on 10 May, 1957, and records left by Wilkins were recovered. The records were wrapped in a copy of the Australian Geographical Magazine "Walkabout", hence the name.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
68° 22' 17.0" S
-68.37139°
Accurate to 50m
Longitude:
78° 32' 25.0" E
78.54028°
Accurate to 50m
Altitude:
0 m
Unknown precision

Images


©Belinda Reynolds 2009
Catalogue id
IA22035
Caption
Walkabout Rocks, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1600 feet. Looking South.
Photographer
Reynolds, Belinda

Map

Source

Location Method:
Topographic data
Source Name:
Vestfold Hills Topographic GIS Dataset
Source Identifier:
vest_hills_gis
Source Scale:
1:5000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
Australian Antarctic Division
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Metadata for coordinates and origin of topographic data.

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
29-Apr-1958

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