Name details

Platcha

Platcha (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Platcha  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2493

Feature type: AWS

Origin

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

Narrative

A remote weather station about 31 km east of Davis station, Vestfold Hills. The remote station was established by an ANARE party led by Dr. M. Hay in April-May, 1961.

Named For

The name, given by the Davis party, is an abbreviation of Plateau Chateau.

Location

Latitude:
68° 30' 41.8" S
-68.51161°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
78° 30' 43.6" E
78.51211°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
5 m
Accurate to 5m

Images


©AAD, Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 1969
Catalogue id
614A6
Caption
View of remote station Platcha and edge of ice plateau
Photographer
McLean, Ronald (Ron)

Map

Source

Location Method:
Topographic data
Source Name:
Vestfold Hills Topographic GIS Dataset
Source Identifier:
Metadata ( vest_hills_gis - Vestfold Hills 1:25000 Topographic GIS Dataset )
Source Scale:
1:5000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
AADC
Source Publisher:
Australian Antarctic Division
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Metadata for coordinates and origin of topographic data.

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
28-Jun-1962

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