Name details

Pioneer Crossing

Pioneer Crossing (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Pioneer Crossing  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 390

Feature type: Crossing

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

A low pass about 0.5 km long, rising to 6 m above sea level, between the south-east arm of Tryne Fjord and Long Fjord in the Vestfold Hills. Used for the portage of sledges and suitable for tracked vehicles. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37). First visited by an ANARE sledging party led by Bruce H. Stinear in 1957.

Named For

So named because it was by this route that the first recorded traverse was made from Tryne Fjord to Long Fjord.

Location

Latitude:
68° 29' 18.2" S
-68.48839°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
78° 22' 05.2" E
78.36811°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
9 m
Accurate to 5m

Images


©Belinda Reynolds 2009
Catalogue id
IA21975
Caption
Pioneer Crossing, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1200 feet. Looking West.
Photographer
Reynolds, Belinda

Map

Source

Location Method:
Topographic data
Source Name:
Vestfold Hills Topographic GIS Dataset
Source Identifier:
vest_hills_gis
Source Scale:
1:5000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
Australian Antarctic Division
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Metadata for coordinates and origin of topographic data.

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
29-Apr-1958

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