Name details

Grimmia Gorge

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 626

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 south-north trending gorge in the Vestfold Hills approximately 20 m wide and 20-30 m deep which runs into a gravel bank at the eastern end of Crooked Lake. There is a small waterfall on the eastern side at the southern end. It is the most easterly of two south-north gorges.

Named For

Named after well developed beds of moss (Grimmia) at the exit to the gorge.

Location

Latitude:
68° 36' 23.4" S
-68.60650°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
78° 29' 35.2" E
78.49311°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
23 m
Accurate to 5m

Images


©Richard 'Tubby' Seton 2009
Catalogue id
IA21897
Caption
Grimmia Gorge, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 900 feet. Looking Southwest.
Photographer
Seton, Richard

Map

Source

Location Method:
Topographic data
Source Name:
Vestfold Hills Topographic GIS Dataset
Source Identifier:
Metadata ( vest_hills_gis - Vestfold Hills 1:25000 Topographic GIS Dataset )
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:
26-Jul-1983

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