Name details

Hut Hill

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2576

Feature type: Hill

Origin

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

Narrative

The hill adjacent to the station at Macquarie Island. Named by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911-13 because it sheltered the Expedition hut from easterly winds.

Named For

Descriptive as it sheltered the Australian Antarctic Expedition 1911-14 hut from easterly winds.

Location

Latitude:
54° 29' 56.7" S
-54.49909°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
158° 56' 23.6" E
158.93990°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
35 m
Accurate to 3m

Images


©Ben Raymond 2009
Catalogue id
IA16725
Caption
Hut Hill from Wireless Hill track.
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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