Name details

Sooty Valley

Sooty Valley (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Sooty Valley  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2544

Feature type: Valley

Origin

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

Narrative

A valley between the lateral moraine ridge south-east of Brown Lagoon and low lying bluffs at the north-west end of Skua Beach on Heard Island.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
53° 04' 38.0" S
-53.07722°
Accurate to 20m
Longitude:
73° 40' 24.0" E
73.67333°
Accurate to 20m
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Satellite Image
Source Name:
Quickbird Image 30/01/ 2006 Satellite Cat ID 1961
Source Identifier:
Satellite image ( Satellite Image Catalogue - Scene Id Satellite Cat ID 1961 not in the Satellite Image Catalogue. )
Source Scale:
1:10000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
DigitalGlobe
Remote sensing:
Used both DigitalGlobe image, 1:7500 scale satellite image print (F4) and survey control to identify the valley.

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
7-Mar-1991

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