Name details

Aurora Subglacial Basin

Aurora Subglacial Basin (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Aurora Subglacial Basin  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2505

Feature type: Subglacial basin

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

A subglacial basin within the Australian Antarctic Territory west and south of Dome Circe. It extends south E-NW towards the coast in the vicinity of the Shackleton Ice Shelf. Mapped in detail by radio echo sounding by the Scott Polar Research Institute. Named after Aurora (Captain J. K. Davis) the ship of the Australian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-14.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
74° 00' 00.0" S
-74.00000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
114° 00' 00.0" E
114.00000°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

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Aurora Subglacial Basin
-74,114
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Source

Location Method:
Map The coordinates for this place name were derived from Map id 3427 - The Surface of the Antarctic Ice Sheet in the SCAR Map Catalogue.
Source Name:
BEDMAP map number 3.1 The Bedrock Surface of Antarctica
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
1:6000000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
Scott Polar Research Institute
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
3-Dec-1982

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