Name details

Larc Cove

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 375

Feature type: Cove

Origin

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

Narrative

This was the site of the first seaborne landing on the Island. The landing was made by a LARC (amphibious vehicle) from the MV Cape Pillar during the Australian National Mapping Expedition 1980. A small sheltered cove at the head of Williams Bay, McDonald Island. It has a sandy beach at low tide and provides the best landing place on the Island. There is access to the main part of the Island by a penguin ramp at the northern end of the beach. With the volcanic eruption On McDonald Island in 2003 the original LARC Cove disappeared. Name recycled.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
53° 02' 50.3" S
-53.04731°
Accurate to 50m
Longitude:
72° 36' 24.8" E
72.60689°
Accurate to 50m
Altitude:
0 m
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Satellite Image
Source Name:
DigitalGlobe
Source Identifier:
SceneID_1010010001C99801
Source Scale:
1:5000
Source Institution:
AAD
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
DigitalGlobe image SceneID_1010010001C99801 Captured 9 April 2003

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
3-Dec-1982

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