Name details

Dillon Hill

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 664

Feature type: Hill

Origin

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

Narrative

A tussock covered hill about 2 kilometres north-west of Cape Labuan, Heard Island. This was the site of a survey station established in March 1980 for Doppler satellite observations.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
53° 10' 43.0" S
-53.17861°
Accurate to 20m
Longitude:
73° 29' 24.0" E
73.49000°
Accurate to 20m
Altitude:
125 m
Accurate to 10m

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Georeferenced Satellite Image
Source Name:
WorldView-2 17/01/ 2010 Satellite Cat ID 2092
Source Identifier:
Satellite image ( Satellite Image Catalogue - Scene Id Satellite Cat ID 2092 not in the Satellite Image Catalogue. )
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
DigitalGlobe
Remote sensing:
Altitude from: A Digital Elevation Model of Heard Island derived from TerraSAR satellite imagery Entry ID: heard_dem_terrasar

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
3-Dec-1982

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