Name details
The Isthmus
Isthmus, The (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
The Isthmus (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2749
Feature type:
Isthmus
Origin
This name originates from Australia.
It is part of the
Australian Antarctic Gazetteer.
Narrative
The narrow part of the Island just south of the Station which is an isthmus.
Named For
Descriptive.
Location
Latitude:
54° 30' 00.6" S
-54.50017°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
158° 56' 07.3" E
158.93536°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
0 m
Unknown precision
Images
©David Smith 2003
- Catalogue id
- IA16467
- Caption
- Southwest along The Isthmus towards the Macquarie Island plateau.
Photo taken from Wireless Hill.
- Photographer
- Smith, David
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 Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
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
Date approved:
11-Aug-1955
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