Name details

Atlas Cove

Atlas Cove (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Atlas Cove (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 366

Feature type: Cove

Origin

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

Narrative

A cove on the north west coast of Heard Island between Laurens Peninsula and Azorella Peninsula.

Named For

Location

Latitude:

53° 01' 23.2" S

-53.02311°

Unknown precision

Longitude:

73° 23' 10.0" E

73.38611°

Unknown precision

Altitude:

0 m

Unknown precision

Images

©AAD, Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 1983

Catalogue id: 1887C3
Photographer: Betts, Martin S (Marty)

Map

Source

Location Method:

Georeferenced Satellite Image

Source Name:

World View 23/3/2008 Satellite Cat ID 1958

Source Identifier:

Satellite image ( Satellite Image Catalogue - Scene Id Satellite Cat ID 1958 not in the Satellite Image Catalogue. )

Source Scale:

1:5000

Source Institution:

Australian Antarctic Division

Source Person:

Brolsma

Source Publisher:

DigitalGlobe

Remote sensing:

added source of data

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:

Official

Date approved:

21-Dec-1952

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