Name details

Ultima Gully

Ultima Gully (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Ultima Gully  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 633

Feature type: Gully

Origin

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

Narrative

A major ice gully (0.75 km long and 30 m deep) cut by a melt water stream in the plateau ice at the edge of the Vestfold Hills. The north facing side is a cliff showing the strata of the plateau ice and the floor and south facing sides are mantled by moraine.

Named For

Named as it is an impressive and desolate place at the edge of the Vestfold Hills.

Location

Latitude:
68° 30' 38.2" S
-68.51060°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
78° 33' 01.1" E
78.55030°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
75 m
Accurate to 5m

Images


©Richard 'Tubby' Seton 2009
Catalogue id
IA22032
Caption
Ultima Gully, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1100 feet. Looking Southeast.
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:
3-Dec-1984

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