Name details

Stevenson Cove

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 369

Feature type: Cove

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

An enclosed cove on the northern side of Clark Peninsula about 4 km ENE of Wilkes station. The region was photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47), ANARE (1956) and the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1956). The feature was included in a ground survey by C.R. Eklund in 1957. Named by USACAN after Dr A. Stevenson, economic adviser to the US House of Representatives Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and author of a report for the Committee on the IGY in the Arctic and Antarctic.  

Named For

Location

Latitude:
66° 14' 31.9" S
-66.24219°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
110° 36' 20.2" E
110.60561°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
0 m
Accurate to 5m

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Topographic data
Source Name:
Windmill Islands 1:50000 GIS Dataset
Source Identifier:
Wind50K
Source Scale:
1:5000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
Australian Antarctic Division
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
4-Jul-1961

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