Name details

Red Island

Red Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Red Island  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 823

Feature type: Island

Origin

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

Narrative

A rock island off the north-east coast of the Laurens Peninsula, Heard Island. The island is connected by shingle to the Laurens Peninsula.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
52° 57' 51.0" S
-52.96417°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
73° 18' 20.0" E
73.30556°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images


©AAD, Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 1985
Catalogue id
1896A3
Photographer
Williams, Lynn

Map

Source

Location Method:
Georeferenced Satellite Image
Source Name:
WorldView Image 23 March 2008
Source Identifier:
Metadata ( Heard_WorldView-1_23MAR08 - Heard Island WorldView-1 Image (23 March 2008) orthorectification )
Source Scale:
1:5000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
DigitalGlobe
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
21-Oct-1952

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