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 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

Named Stars Gulch on Langdon 1917. R. Star visited Macquarie Island.

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
11-Aug-1955

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