Name details

Gargoyle Head

Gargoyle Head (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Gargoyle Head (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 649

Feature type: Headland

Origin

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

Narrative

It has contorted rock strata which gives it the appearance of a gargoyle.A blunt headland, about 120 metres in height, facing Cauldron Bay, McDonald Islands. With the volcanic eruption On McDonald Island in 2003 the original feature disappeared so the name was recycled.

Named For

Location

Latitude:

53° 02' 48.0" S

-53.04667°

Accurate to 50m

Longitude:

72° 35' 20.9" E

72.58914°

Accurate to 50m

Altitude:

108 m

Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:

Satellite Image

Source Name:

DigitalGlobe

Source Identifier:

SceneID_1010010001C99801_9Apr03

Source Scale:

1:5000

Source Institution:

AAD

Source Person:

Brolsma

Source Publisher:

Unknown

Remote sensing:

DigitalGlobe image SceneID_1010010001C99801 Captured 9 April 2003

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:

Official

Date approved:

Unknown

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