Name details

Rogatka Strait

Rogatka Strait (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Rogatka Strait  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2500

Feature type: Strait

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

The strait runs east off the Edisto Channel between the north-eastern tip of Thomas Island and the western part of the Charnockite Peninsula. At its narrowest between the two landforms it is 0.4 kms wide. Mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1956.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
66° 05' 47.8" S
-66.09661°
Accurate to 200m
Longitude:
101° 03' 47.8" E
101.06328°
Accurate to 200m
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Satellite Image
Source Name:
LIMA
Source Identifier:
Satellite image ( Satellite Image Catalogue - Scene Id E164_321_RGB_1X not in the Satellite Image Catalogue. )
Source Scale:
1:50000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
USGS
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
12-Mar-1992

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