Name details

Richardson Island

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 966

Feature type: Island

Origin

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

Narrative

The westernmost of a pair of islands lying about 0.6 km west of the north-west tip of Stornes Peninsula in the Larsemann Hills. This island also lies 1.0 km south of Knuckey Island.

Named For

Named after Sgt. A Richardson, RAAF Beaver Mechanic at Mawson in 1958, who serviced aircraft operating in the area at that time.

Location

Latitude:
69° 23' 50.0" S
-69.39722°
Accurate to 25m
Longitude:
76° 03' 45.0" E
76.06250°
Accurate to 25m
Altitude:
55 m
Accurate to 10m

Images


©Rick Oates 2009
Catalogue id
IA21815
Caption
Richardson Island, Larsemann Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1300 feet. Looking West.
Photographer
Oates, Rick

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Larsemann Hills 1:25000 Topographic GIS Dataset
Source Identifier:
Lars25K
Source Scale:
1:25000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
Australian Antarctic Division
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
29-Sep-1988

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