Canopus Rocks

Canopus Rocks (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Canopus Rocks  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 2279
Name ID: 123275

Feature type: Rock (2b)

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

Two small, low rocks lying 1 mi NW of Canopus Island in the E part of Holme Bay, Mac. Robertson Land. Plotted from photos taken from ANARE aircraft in 1958. Named by ANCA after Canopus Island.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
67° 31' 00.0" S
-67.51667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
62° 56' 00.0" E
62.93333°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

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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

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