Name details

Cormorant Point

Cormorant Point (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Cormorant Point  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2657

Feature type: Point

Origin

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

Narrative

Named For

Location

Latitude:
54° 34' 17.5" S
-54.57153°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
158° 51' 06.3" E
158.85174°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
0 m
Unknown precision

Images


©Julie McInnes 2008
Catalogue id
IA16676
Caption
Cormorant Point from the plateau. The mouth of Flat Creek lies just to the left of the 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:
Unknown

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