Name details

Goat Bay

Goat Bay (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Goat Bay  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2563

Feature type: Bay

Origin

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

Narrative

A bay between Tottan Head and Gorilla Head Rock on the north-east coast of Wireless Hill. It was a popular spot for the goats introduced to the Island in 1948 to camp. Goats are no longer on the Island.

Named For

Goats used to "camp" at this bay.

Location

Latitude:
54° 29' 25.3" S
-54.49036°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
158° 56' 39.9" E
158.94441°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
0 m
Unknown precision

Images


©Tessa Bickford 2008
Catalogue id
IA16700
Caption
Goat Bay. Gorilla Head Rock is visible in the top right
Photographer
Bickford, Tessa

Map

Source

Location Method:
Topographic data
Source Name:
Macquarie Island Vegetation and Drainage Structure Data Set,Mac Island Contours from AIRSAR Aug 2000
Source Identifier:
MIvegmap,macca_contour_gis
Source Scale:
1:25000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
Australian Antarctic Division
Remote sensing:
NASA AIRSAR DEM Metadata record - [macca_dem_gis] Macquarie Island Topopoly GIS Dataset. [macca_topopoly_gis]

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
11-Aug-1955

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