Lucas Nunatak

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

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

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Place ID: 8699
Name ID: 1817

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

An isolated Nunatak about 6 km south of the main massif of the Casey Range and about 2 km south of Woodberry Nunataks. The area was visited by an ANARE party led by I. Landon-Smith in April, 1962.

Named For

Named after F.M. Lucas, Officer-in-Charge at Mawson in 1962.

Location

Latitude:
67° 48' 16.2" S
-67.80450°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
62° 11' 11.4" E
62.18650°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
943.6 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

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
Unknown

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