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Bunning Hill
Bunning Hill (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Bunning Hill (The name as it would appear on a map)
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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
The prominent bare hill which comprises the entire southern end of Gardner Island and is surmounted by a monumented survey control point. It is named as a memorial to Stephen Bunning, foreman of the Station Building Group who was critically injured in an explosion at Davis in October 1985 and who died while being evacuated.
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©Nathan Saunders 2009
- Catalogue id
- IA21856
- Caption
- Bunning Hill, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 2500 feet. Looking West.
- Photographer
- Saunders, Nathan
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