SCAR Composite Gazetteer

Scullin Monolith

Scullin Monolith (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Scullin Monolith (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 12925
Name ID: 1319

Feature type: Monolith

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:

Scullin Monolith (Russia)
Scullin Monolith (United States of America)

Narrative

A crescent-shaped rock rising steeply from the sea to 443 m in height on the Mawson Coast of Mac.Robertson Land. Land was sighted in this vicinity of BANZARE (1929-31) during an aeroplane flight on 5 January, 1930. A landing was made by BANZARE on 13 February, 1931.
Named by Sir Douglas Mawson after James H. Scullin, Prime Minister of Australia, 1929-31.

Named For

Location

Latitude:

67° 47' 36.7" S

-67.79353°

Accurate to 100m

Longitude:

66° 43' 07.9" E

66.71886°

Accurate to 100m

Altitude:

443 m

Accurate to 20m

Images

©Mike Woolridge 2002

Catalogue id: IA16483
Caption: West Face of Scullin Monolith from Apple hut site.
Photographer: Woolridge, Michael (Mike)

Map

Source

Location Method:

Satellite Image

Source Name:

LIMA - Landsat Image Mosaic Antarctica

Source Identifier:

Satellite image ( Satellite Image Catalogue - Scene Id E151_RGB_321_1X not in the Satellite Image Catalogue. )

Source Scale:

1:30000

Source Institution:

Australian Antarctic Division

Source Person:

Brolsma

Source Publisher:

USGS

Remote sensing:

Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:

Official

Date approved:

Unknown

Related information

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