Name details

Langdon Bay

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2585

Feature type: Bay

Origin

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

Narrative

The bay between Unity Point and Langdon Point on the west coast of Macquarie Island. The name was first used on the 1917 Admiralty Chart and commemorates Lieutenant William Langdon, Royal Navy, who visited the Island in March 1822 and lodged with the Admiralty the sketch chart prepared during this visit. This early map was not used as a source of names until the preparation of the 1917 edition of the Admiralty Chart.

Named For

Lieutenant William Langdon, Royal Navy, who visited the Island in March 1822 and lodged with the Admiralty the sketch chart prepared during this visit.

Location

Latitude:
54° 31' 32.2" S
-54.52560°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
158° 51' 51.6" E
158.86435°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
0 m
Unknown precision

Images


©Julie McInnes 2008
Catalogue id
IA16734
Caption
Looking across Langdon Bay at Unity Point
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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