Name details

Wireless Hill

Wireless Hill (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Wireless Hill  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2744

Feature type: Hill

Origin

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

Narrative

The high flat topped hill at the north end of the Island on which the AAE radio installation was established.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
54° 29' 41.3" S
-54.49479°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
158° 56' 28.8" E
158.94132°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
102.7 m
Accurate to 0.5m

Images


©Julie McInnes 2009
Catalogue id
IA16826
Caption
Wireless Hill and The Isthmus from Doctor's Track. Razorback Hill is visible in the foreground.
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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