Name details

Lord Nelson Reef

Lord Nelson Reef (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Lord Nelson Reef  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2680

Feature type: Reef

Origin

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

Narrative

The ship the "Lord Nelson" was wrecked here in 1830. The name appears on the 1891 sketch map prepared by Captain Fairchild of the New Zealand Government steamer 'Hinemoa'. The map was used in the preparation of the 1892 edtion of the Admriralty Chart.

Named For

The ship the "Lord Nelson" was wrecked here in 1830.

Location

Latitude:
54° 29' 25.7" S
-54.49047°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
158° 53' 09.9" E
158.88608°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
0 m
Unknown precision

Images

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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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