Name details
Green Gorge
Green Gorge (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Green Gorge (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2565
Feature type:
Gorge
Origin
This name originates from Australia.
It is part of the
Australian Antarctic Gazetteer.
Narrative
A descriptive name for the gorge about half way down the east coast on Macquarie Island.
Named For
Location
Latitude:
54° 37' 48.5" S
-54.63015°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
158° 53' 58.0" E
158.89944°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
0 m
Unknown precision
Images
©Ian Thorne 2008
- Catalogue id
- IA16705
- Caption
- Green Gorge from the south. Green Gorge Tarn visible left of centre, with Sawyer Creek in front of the tarn.
- Photographer
- Thorne, Ian
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 Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Publisher:
Australian Antarctic Division
Remote sensing:
NASA AIRSAR DEM Metadata record - [macca_dem_gis]
Macquarie Island Topopoly GIS Dataset. [macca_topopoly_gis]
Comments
Named Stars Gulch on Langdon 1917. R. Star visited Macquarie Island.
Approval status
Date approved:
11-Aug-1955
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