Name details

Tierney Hill

Tierney Hill (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Tierney Hill  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 660

Feature type: Hill

Origin

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

Narrative

A hill 91 m high surrounded by hills 40-60 m high. It is a prominent hill in the Vestfold Hills.

Named For

Dr. Trevor Tierney helped to establish the survey network as part of the Davis airstrip survey. He was the medical officer for the first Enderby Land exercise and medical officer with the Antarctic Division for five years.

Location

Latitude:
68° 32' 17.2" S
-68.53810°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
78° 04' 53.0" E
78.08140°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
81.5 m
Accurate to 5m

Images


©Belinda Reynolds 2009
Catalogue id
IA22017
Caption
Tierney Hill, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1400 feet. Looking Northwest.
Photographer
Reynolds, Belinda

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-Sep-1978

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