Name details

Cape Southard

Southard, Cape (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Cape Southard  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 264

Feature type: Cape

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A cape on the eastern end of the Moscow University Ice Shelf which marks the boundary between the BANZARE and Sabrina Coasts of Wilkes Land. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47) and named by USACAN after Samuel L. Southard, US Secretary of the Navy, 1823-29.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
66° 35' 14.0" S
-66.58722°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
121° 46' 05.0" E
121.76806°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images


©AAD, Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 1963
Catalogue id
3958D2
Caption
West side of Dalton Iceberg Tongue on the Sabrina Coast of Wilkes Land
Photographer
Styles, Donald F (Don)

Map

Source

Location Method:
Topographic data
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
Unknown

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