Name details

Handspike Corner

Handspike Corner (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Handspike Corner  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2677

Feature type: Corner

Origin

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

Narrative

Nomenclature Board of Tasmania Regn10642J/ Decn 8776 "Where the coastal terrace 1/2 mile east of Handspike Point meets the steep slope up to the plateau. This is a useful milestone on the coastal track -? it is the spot where the ANARE station first comes into view when travelling from Half Moon Bay - and is known to ANARE men by this name" {Johnson & Kerry, Antarctic Division biologists, 1971}. #C: ANARE Corres: 19710707

Named For

Location

Latitude:
54° 29' 58.1" S
-54.49947°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
158° 53' 09.8" E
158.88606°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
0 m
Unknown precision

Images


©Julie McInnes 2008
Catalogue id
IA16715
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 - [Metadata_ID / macca_dem_gis]

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
Unknown

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