Name details

Reeve Hill

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 662

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 triple pinnacle rock outcrop approximately 400 m x 200 m running east-west along the coastline. It is immediately south of Budnick Hill.

Named For

The rock is the site of the memorial cross for Geoffrey B. Reeve, the first Casey expeditioner to die while on service in Antarctica.  

Location

Latitude:
66° 16' 49.9" S
-66.28053°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
110° 31' 06.9" E
110.51858°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
43 m
Accurate to 5m

Images


©Chris Wilson 2007
Catalogue id
IA11103
Caption
Overlooking Newcomb Bay from Reeves Hill
Photographer
Wilson, Christopher (Chris)

Map

Source

Location Method:
Topographic data
Source Name:
Windmill Islands 1:50000 GIS Dataset
Source Identifier:
Metadata ( Wind50k - Windmill Islands 1:50000 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

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
3-Dec-1982

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