Name details

Halfmoon Bay

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2567

Feature type: Point

Origin

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

Narrative

The bay on the west coast of Macquarie Island between Handspike Point and Elizabeth and Mary Point.

Named For

The name appears on a map prepared by Lieutenant William Langdon in 1822 as 'Half Moon Bay'. The name was originally gazetted as 'Half Moon Bay', but then regazetted as 'Halfmoon Bay'.

Location

Latitude:
54° 30' 21.1" S
-54.50587°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
158° 52' 55.6" E
158.88210°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
0 m
Unknown precision

Images

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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:
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

SHown as Eagle Bay on Langdon 1822

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
11-Aug-1955

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