Name details

The Cones

Cones, The (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

The Cones  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 702

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

Two hills in the Vestfold Hills on the southern side of Crooked Lake. The hills are both conical in shape especially when seen from the north-west, west and south-west. They are about 60 m high.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
68° 38' 05.6" S
-68.63489°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
78° 20' 39.1" E
78.34419°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
83.5 m
Accurate to 5m

Images


©Belinda Reynolds 2009
Catalogue id
IA22012
Caption
The Cones, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 800 feet. Looking South.
Photographer
Reynolds, Belinda

Map

Source

Location Method:
Topographic data
Source Name:
Vestfold Hills Topographic GIS Dataset
Source Identifier:
vest_hills_gis
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:
3-Dec-1984

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