Name details

Mount Kidson

Kidson, Mount (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Mount Kidson  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2582

Feature type: Mountain

Origin

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

Narrative

A mountain on the southern part of the plateau at Macquarie Island and just south of Waterfall Lake. Named after Sir Edward Kidson, an early New Zealand Dominion meteorologist.

Named For

Sir Edward Kidson, an early New Zealand Dominion meteorologist.

Location

Latitude:
54° 44' 51.1" S
-54.74754°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
158° 48' 45.9" E
158.81275°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
382 m
Accurate to 2m

Images


©Julie McInnes 2009
Catalogue id
IA16759
Caption
Mount Kidson from Sodomy Ridge
Photographer
McInnes, Julie

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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