Name details

Turner Island

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 866

Feature type: Island

Origin

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

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

An island about 1 km north-west of Bluff Island and 4 km north-west of Davis station in the Vestfold Hills. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37).

Named For

Named after P.B. Turner, radio officer at Davis, 1958.

Location

Latitude:
68° 32' 49.2" S
-68.54700°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
77° 53' 28.7" E
77.89131°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
43.5 m
Accurate to 5m

Images


©Nathan Saunders 2009
Catalogue id
IA22030
Caption
Turner Island, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 3300 feet. Looking South.
Photographer
Saunders, Nathan

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:
11-Aug-1958

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