Name details

Cape Arkona

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 305

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 German war-frigate Arkona (Captain von Reibnitz) examined the south coast of the Island in February 1874 and, in Melbourne, provided the officers of H.M.S. Challenger with a position for the cape which was used in the preparation of the Admiralty chart. German war-frigate Arkona. The name appears on Challenger's charts.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
53° 09' 49.0" S
-53.16361°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
73° 26' 20.0" E
73.43889°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
218 m
Accurate to 5m

Images


©AAD, Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 1971
Catalogue id
1874A5
Photographer
Budd, Grahame M

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 Altitdue from survey control point AUS096

Comments

Difficult to be certain from satellite imagery on location of cape.

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
21-Oct-1952

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