Name details

Mawson Point

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

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

If this information is incorrect, please e-mail mapping@aad.gov.au

Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2686

Feature type: Point

Origin

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

Narrative

The name was first applied on the 1917 edition of the Admiralty Chart and is named for Sir Douglas Mawson, Leader of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911-13.

Named For

Sir Douglas Mawson, Leader of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911-13.

Location

Latitude:
54° 33' 30.9" S
-54.55859°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
158° 51' 33.1" E
158.85921°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
0 m
Unknown precision

Images


©AAD, Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 1992
Catalogue id
895A6
Photographer
Everett, Anthony P (Tony)

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

Display Scales

Note These display scales were chosen for use by Australia, with an emphasis on East Antarctica.
          For example, selecting 'Aus_display_scale_20M' would only return names that would appear on a 1:20 million scale map.

Aus_display_scale_20M: No      Aus_display_scale_10M: No     
Aus_display_scale_5M: No      Aus_display_scale_2M: No     
Aus_display_scale_1M: No      Aus_display_scale_500k: No     
Aus_display_scale_250k: No      Aus_display_scale_100k: No     
Aus_display_scale_50k: Yes      Aus_display_scale_25k: No     
Aus_display_scale_10k: No      Aus_display_scale_5k: No     
Aus_display_scale_1k: No     


Related information

Biodiversity
View fauna, flora or both within 1.0 degree of this location

Place names
View Australian or international place names within 1.0 degree of this location.