Name details

Cape Cartwright

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 301

Feature type: Cape

Origin

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

Narrative

The most westerly cape on the Laurens Peninsula, Heard Island. Named after Lieutenant Commander I. Cartwright, RAN, Captain of HMAS Labuan which relieved the Heard Island station in 1951.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
52° 59' 22.3" S
-52.98953°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
73° 15' 05.3" E
73.25147°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
30 m
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Georeferenced Satellite Image
Source Name:
Quickbird Image 4Feb 2003
Source Identifier:
Metadata ( QUICKBIRD_LAURENS_ORPMS - Orthorectified Quickbird Pan Sharpened Multi Spectral Image of Laurens Peninsula, Heard Island )
Source Scale:
1:5000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
DigitalGlobe
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
9-Jun-1964

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