Name details

Sandy Bay

Sandy Bay (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Sandy Bay  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2709

Feature type: Bay

Origin

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

Narrative

The name was in use by the early oil gangs at the time of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE)1911-14. The name Ballast Bay from Langdon 1822 was also in early use but this name was adopted by the AAE.

Named For

A descriptive name proposed by the early oil gangs.

Location

Latitude:
54° 33' 57.2" S
-54.56590°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
158° 55' 04.2" E
158.91783°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
0 m
Unknown precision

Images


©Ben Raymond 2009
Catalogue id
IA16784
Caption
Sandy Bay from the Brothers Point hut
Photographer
Raymond, Ben

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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