Anchorage Patch

Anchorage Patch (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Anchorage Patch  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 338
Name ID: 121783

Feature type: Anchorage (6)

Origin

This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A small, isolated shoal, the least depth of water over it being 6 fathoms, lying within Davis Anchorage, about 0.5 mi NW of Torckler Rocks. The shoal was positioned by D'.T. Gale, ANARE surveyor aboard the Thala Dan in 1961.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
68° 34' 00.0" S
-68.56667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
77° 55' 00.0" E
77.91667°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images


©Nathan Saunders 2009
Catalogue id
IA21841
Caption
Anchorage Patch, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 500 feet. Looking West.
Photographer
Saunders, Nathan

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1965

Related information

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