SCAR Composite Gazetteer

Gallagher Knob

Gallagher Knob (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Gallagher Knob (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 5078
Name ID: 1140

Feature type: Knob

Origin

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

Narrative

A small peak on the western end of Mount Cresswell in the southern Prince Charles Mountains, Mac.Robertson Land. Photographed by ANARE in 1958. The feature was used as a navigation marker by ANARE parties in the vicinity. Named after P.B. Gallagher, Senior Diesel Mechanic at Mawson in 1971.

Named For

Location

Latitude:

72° 43' 20.0" S

-72.72222°

Accurate to 150m

Longitude:

64° 08' 28.4" E

64.14122°

Accurate to 150m

Altitude:

Not recorded

Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:

Satellite Image

Source Name:

Landsat Image Mosaic Antarctica (LIMA)

Source Identifier:

E132_CIR_432_1X

Source Scale:

1:25000

Source Institution:

Australian Antarctic Division

Source Person:

Brolsma

Source Publisher:

United States Geological Survey (USGS)

Remote sensing:

Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:

Official

Date approved:

27-Nov-1973

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