Name details

Cape Labuan

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 304

Feature type: Cape

Origin

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

Narrative

A rocky cape on the south west coast of Heard Island. The feature was named after HMAS Labuan (formerly LST 3501), which landed and relieved the 1948 ANARE party. The name was given by members of the 1948 ANARE.

Named For

Location

Latitude:

53° 11' 36.7" S

-53.19353°

Accurate to 30m

Longitude:

73° 29' 34.8" E

73.49300°

Accurate to 30m

Altitude:

30 m

Unknown precision

Images

©AAD, Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 1986

Catalogue id: 1909D5
Photographer: Keage, Peter L

Map

Source

Location Method:

Georeferenced Satellite Image

Source Name:

World View 23/3/2008 Satellite Cat ID 1958

Source Identifier:

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:

21-Oct-1952

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