Broka Island

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

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

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Place ID: 1889
Name ID: 1049

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

A rocky island about 7 km long and 6 km wide, about 4 km north of Law Promontory in Kemp Land. First visited by an ANARE party led by R Dovers in 1954.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
67° 06' 12.2" S
-67.10339°
Accurate to 200m
Longitude:
58° 36' 51.5" E
58.61431°
Accurate to 200m
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images


©AAD, Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 1996
Catalogue id
2244A4
Caption
Near Broka Island
Photographer
Darby, Kerri

Map

Source

Location Method:
Satellite Image
Source Name:
LIMA - Landsat Image Mosaic Antarctica
Source Identifier:
Satellite image ( Satellite Image Catalogue - Scene Id E149_RGB_321_1X not in the Satellite Image Catalogue. )
Source Scale:
1:25000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
USGS - United States Geological Survey
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
28-Nov-1955

Related information

Biodiversity
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