SCAR Composite Gazetteer

Cruise Nunatak

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

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

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Place ID: 3168
Name ID: 1748

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 high, ice-capped feature, with exposed rock on the steep eastern ridge, about 19 km east of Hay Hills on the Mawson Escarpment, Mac.Robertson Land. Photographed by ANARE in 1956 and 1960. A fuel depot was established nearby during the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey in 1972. Named after John Cruise, miner at Mawson in 1971.

Named For

Location

Latitude:

72° 59' 33.0" S

-72.99250°

Accurate to 200m

Longitude:

69° 03' 59.0" E

69.06639°

Accurate to 200m

Altitude:

1500 m

Accurate to 10m

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:

Satellite Image

Source Name:

Landsat Image Mosaic Antarctica (LIMA)

Source Identifier:

E133_CIR_432_1X

Source Scale:

1:20000

Source Institution:

Australian Antarctic Division

Source Person:

Brolsma

Source Publisher:

United States Geological Survey (USGS)

Remote sensing:

Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:

Official

Date approved:

27-Nov-1973

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