Name details

Cape Pillar

Pillar, Cape (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Cape Pillar  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 300

Feature type: Cape

Origin

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

Narrative

A rocky coastal bluff on the south west coast of Heard Island between Henderson Bluff and Cape Arkona. Named to commemorate the 1980 voyage of the MV Cape Pillar to the Island with the Australian National Mapping Expedition, 1980.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
53° 08' 21.9" S
-53.13942°
Accurate to 100m
Longitude:
73° 24' 28.5" E
73.40792°
Accurate to 100m
Altitude:
20 m
Unknown precision

Images


©AAD, Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 1971
Catalogue id
1876C3
Caption
View south from Henderson Bluff
Photographer
Budd, Grahame M

Map

Source

Location Method:
Georeferenced Satellite Image
Source Name:
World View 23/3/2008 Satellite Cat ID 1958
Source Identifier:
Satellite Cat ID 1958
Source Scale:
1:10000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
Worldview
Remote sensing:
World View 23/3/2008 Satellite Cat ID 1958

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
3-Dec-1982

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