Name details

Amanda Rookery

Amanda Rookery (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Amanda Rookery  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2459

Feature type: Colony

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

An emperor penguin colony on sea-ice on the western side of Amanda Bay. Discovered on 26 August, 1957, from an ANARE aircraft. Named after the daughter of Squadron Leader P. Clemence, RAAF, pilot of the aircraft from which the colony was discovered.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
69° 15' 29.0" S
-69.25806°
Accurate to 300m
Longitude:
76° 50' 55.0" E
76.84861°
Accurate to 300m
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images


©AAD, Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 1981
Catalogue id
2643A2
Photographer
Johnstone, Gavin W

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:
AADC
Source Publisher:
USGS - United States Geological Survey
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
29-Apr-1958

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