Name details

Aurora Cave

Aurora Cave (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Aurora Cave  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2752

Feature type: Cave

Origin

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

Narrative

A cave on Macquarie Island.

Named For

Ship used by Mawson's 1911-14 expedition.

Location

Latitude:
54° 35' 25.2" S
-54.59034°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
158° 50' 48.1" E
158.84669°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
0 m
Unknown precision

Images


©Rod Dann 2008
Catalogue id
IA16650
Caption
The entrance to Aurora Cave
Photographer
Dann, Rod

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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