Name details

Exile Rock

Exile Rock (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Exile Rock  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2445

Feature type: Rock

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer.

Narrative

A small rock about 2 km west of Cape Arkona on Heard Island. The Australian National Mapping Expedition, 1980 confirmed the position of the rock. Named after the Exile, one of the sealing tenders of Messrs. Perkins and Smith, New London, Connecticut, USA who first exploited the seals on Heard Island in 1855.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
53° 10' 37.9" S
-53.17718°
Accurate to 200m
Longitude:
73° 24' 20.3" E
73.40564°
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:
Landsat image
Source Identifier:
Satellite image ( No Image Available Satellite Image Catalogue - Scene Id L71136097_09720011106 - View Reference
)
Source Scale:
1:50000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
Geoscience Australia
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
3-Dec-1982

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