SCAR Composite Gazetteer

Garnet Knob

Garnet Knob (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Garnet Knob (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 5139
Name ID: 1704

Feature type: Knob

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:

Qingcheng Shan (China)

Narrative

A dark rock outcrop, about 150 m high, projecting from the ice plateau at the southern edge of the Larsemann Hills about 1.8 km SSW of Law Base.

Named For

Named by the 1986/87 ANARE field party because of numerous garnets present.

Location

Latitude:

69° 24' 18.2" S

-69.40505°

Accurate to 25m

Longitude:

76° 21' 28.7" E

76.35798°

Accurate to 25m

Altitude:

143 m

Accurate to 10m

Images

©Adam Christensen 2009

Catalogue id: IA21777
Caption: Garnet Knob, Larsemann Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1500 feet. Looking Southwest.
Photographer: Christensen, Adam

Map

Source

Location Method:

Unknown

Source Name:

Larsemann Hills 1:25000 Topographic GIS Dataset

Source Identifier:

Lars25K

Source Scale:

1:25000

Source Institution:

Australian Antarctic Division

Source Person:

Brolsma

Source Publisher:

Australian Antarctic Division

Remote sensing:

Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:

Official

Date approved:

24-Nov-1987

Related information

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