Name details

Kista Strait

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2503

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 body of water between the Flat Islands and the Jocelyn Islands in Holme Bay, off the Mawson Coast, of Mac.Robertson Land. Plotted by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37). The passage was first navigated by M.V. Kista Dan (Capt. H.C. Petersen) in 1954 en route to the site on which ANARE under Phillip Law established Mawson station.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
67° 35' 32.3" S
-67.59231°
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Longitude:
62° 51' 07.6" E
62.85211°
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Altitude:
0 m
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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Name:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
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Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
4-Jul-1961

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