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 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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