Name details

Talg Gorge

Talg Gorge (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Talg Gorge  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 625

Feature type: Gorge

Origin

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

Narrative

A narrow gorge in the Vestfold Hills where the Talg River flows into Crooked Lake. The river drops over a 4 m cascade into a slot 5 m wide, 7 m high on the east, 20 m high on the west and about 150 m long. Talg is Arabic for "ice".

Named For

Location

Latitude:
68° 37' 39.4" S
-68.62761°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
78° 22' 42.6" E
78.37850°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
29 m
Accurate to 5m

Images


©Richard 'Tubby' Seton 2009
Catalogue id
IA22005
Caption
Talg Gorge, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1200 feet. Looking South.
Photographer
Seton, Richard

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:
15-Mar-1984

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