Anniversary Nunataks

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

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

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Place ID: 1440
Name ID: 1779

Feature type: Nunatak

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:

Narrative

A group of nunataks about 28 km east of Mount Twintop, Mac.Robertson Land. An astrofix was obtained on one of these outcrops by D.R. Carstens, surveyor at Mawson, on 26 January, 1963, the Anniversary of the first settlement of Australia.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
68° 02' 57.5" S
-68.04931°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
63° 01' 23.5" E
63.02319°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
1132 m
Accurate to 20m

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Topographic data
Source Name:
Framnes Mountains 1:25000 Topographic GIS Dataset
Source Identifier:
fram25k
Source Scale:
1:2000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
Australian Antarctic Division
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Location highest and central part of nunataks on the ice.

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
Unknown

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