Name details

Gravel Inlet

Gravel Inlet (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Gravel Inlet  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 753

Feature type: Inlet

Origin

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

Narrative

An inlet on the southern side of Ellis Fjord, Vestfold Hills. The inlet has a gravel beach which is unusual in the Vestfold Hills.

Named For

Descriptive as there is a gravel beach

Location

Latitude:
68° 36' 56.2" S
-68.61561°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
78° 04' 34.0" E
78.07611°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
0 m
Unknown precision

Images


©Belinda Reynolds 2009
Catalogue id
IA21896
Caption
Gravel Inlet, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1200 feet. Looking North.
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:
27-Nov-1973

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