Carey Nunatak

Carey Nunatak (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Carey Nunatak  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 19807
Name ID: 138187

Feature type: Nunatak (2b)

Origin

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

Narrative

"Named after Samuel Warren Carey AO (born 1 November 1911 in Campbell Town; died 20 March 2002 in Hobart), an Australian geologist who was an early advocate of the theory of continental drift. He was founding professor of geology at the University of Tasmania. Carey was awarded the Officer of the Order of Australia for his services to the field of geology and appointed a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 1989."

Named For

Location

Latitude:
67° 07' 50.0" S
-67.13056°
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Longitude:
85° 50' 11.5" E
85.83653°
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Altitude:
0 m
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Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown The coordinates for this place name were derived from Map id 0 - This map does not exist in the SCAR Map Catalogue. in the SCAR Map Catalogue.
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
7-Jun-2016

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