Name details

Elephant Spit

Elephant Spit (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Elephant Spit  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2483

Feature type: Spit

Origin

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

Narrative

A seven kilometre long sand and shingle spit extending to the east of Heard Island. It is low lying being seldom more than two metres above high water. It is wave washed and the sea breaks through on occasions. A large number of Elephant seals haul out in groups on both sides of the Spit.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
53° 07' 10.0" S
-53.11944°
Accurate to 20m
Longitude:
73° 47' 12.0" E
73.78667°
Accurate to 20m
Altitude:
2 m
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Georeferenced Satellite Image
Source Name:
WorldView-2 17/01/ 2010 Satellite Cat ID 2092
Source Identifier:
Satellite image ( Satellite Image Catalogue - Scene Id Satellite Cat ID 2092 not in the Satellite Image Catalogue. )
Source Scale:
1:10000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
DigitalGlobe
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
3-Dec-1982

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