SCAR Composite Gazetteer

Sentinel Knoll

Sentinel Knoll (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Sentinel Knoll (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 13019
Name ID: 1142

Feature type: Knoll

Origin

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

Narrative

A small but conspicuous knoll about 0.7 km south of the western end of Lake Dingle on Broad Peninsula, Vestfold Hills. This feature is a very useful landmark and has a cairn on it.

Named For

Descriptive as the knoll acts as a "sentinel"

Location

Latitude:

68° 34' 07.7" S

-68.56881°

Accurate to 30m

Longitude:

78° 02' 47.4" E

78.04650°

Accurate to 30m

Altitude:

37 m

Accurate to 5m

Images

©Nathan Saunders 2009

Catalogue id: IA21988
Caption: Sentinel Knoll, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1000 feet. Looking North.
Photographer: Saunders, Nathan

Map

Source

Location Method:

Topographic data

Source Name:

Vestfold Hills Topographic GIS Dataset

Source Identifier:

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:

27-Nov-1973

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