Wild Nunataks

Wild Nunataks (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Wild Nunataks  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 19879
Name ID: 138303

Feature type: Nunatak

Origin

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

Narrative

A small, isolated group of nunataks located between 0.1 and 0.9 km off the western side of the Denman Glacier, opposite Cape Jones, in Queen Mary Land. The nunataks cover an area of about 1/2 a square kilometre.

Named For

This feature is named in recognition of John Robert Francis (‘Frank’) Wild, a member of five Antarctic expeditions including the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-14) where he led the Western Base Party at Queen Mary Land. Wild and his party raised the Union Jack and Australian Ensign at this feature to proclaim the region in the name of King George V and the Australian Commonwealth.

Location

Latitude:
66° 44' 08.0" S
-66.73556°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
99° 05' 18.0" E
99.08833°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Satellite Image
Source Name:
Highjump photo Film M19-40, Run 5, Frame 115
Source Identifier:
Satellite image ( Satellite Image Catalogue - Scene Id LIMA E164 not in the Satellite Image Catalogue. )
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
14-Aug-2018

Related information

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