Name details

Wheeler Rocks

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2433

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

A small group of islands in Wheeler Bay, just west of Magnet Bay in Kemp Land. Mapped from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Brxdrene by Norwegian cartographers. Renamed after G.T. Wheeler, weather observer at Mawson in 1957.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
66° 17' 03.6" S
-66.28433°
Accurate to 20m
Longitude:
56° 07' 46.5" E
56.12958°
Accurate to 20m
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Surveyed
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Survey Control ( NMS231 - Wheeler Rocks)
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
Geoscience Australia - National Mapping
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
29-Apr-1958

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