Name details

Fur Seal Creek

Fur Seal Creek (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Fur Seal Creek  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 388

Feature type: Watercourse

Origin

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

Narrative

A creek at the north western end of Fairchild Beach on Heard Island which flows parallel to and just south west of the main lateral moraine south east of Compton Lagoon. The largest fur seal breeding colony on Heard Island in 1987/88 was at the mouth of this creek.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
53° 03' 20.5" S
-53.05569°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
73° 38' 40.6" E
73.64461°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
55 m
Accurate to 10m

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Georeferenced Satellite Image
Source Name:
Quickbird Image 30/01/ 2006 Satellite Cat ID 1961
Source Identifier:
Satellite image ( Satellite Image Catalogue - Scene Id Satellite Cat ID 1961 not in the Satellite Image Catalogue. )
Source Scale:
1:10000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
DigitalGlobe
Remote sensing:
Altitude from: A Digital Elevation Model of Heard Island derived from TerraSAR satellite imagery. Entry ID: heard_dem_terrasar

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
7-Mar-1991

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