Name details

Halfway Hill

Halfway Hill (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Halfway Hill  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2568

Feature type: Point

Origin

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

Narrative

A hill which is "halfway" between the Isthmus and Nuggets Point. Named by the Australian Antarctic Expedition 1911-14.

Named For

A hill which is "halfway" between the Isthmus and Nuggets Point.

Location

Latitude:
54° 30' 57.7" S
-54.51604°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
158° 55' 55.7" E
158.93215°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
131 m
Unknown precision

Images


©Ben Raymond 2009
Catalogue id
IA16712
Caption
Halfway Hill looking south along the beach
Photographer
Raymond, Ben

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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