SCAR Composite Gazetteer

Madigan Nunatak

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

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

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Place ID: 8839
Name ID: 1882

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:

Madigan Nunatak (Russia)
Madigan Nunatak (United States of America)

Narrative

A rocky exposure reaching a height of 732 m above sea level, about 19 km WSW of the head of Watt Bay, on the coast of George V Land. Discovered by AAE (1911-14) under Sir Douglas Mawson, who named it after C.T. Madigan, a member of the expedition.

Named For

Location

Latitude:

67° 06' 46.0" S

-67.11278°

Accurate to 150m

Longitude:

143° 30' 04.5" E

143.50125°

Accurate to 150m

Altitude:

732 m

Unknown precision

Images

©Charles Laseron 1912

Catalogue id: IA16559
Caption: Madigan Nunatak viewed from the south west.
Photographer: Laseron, Charles F

Map

Source

Location Method:

Satellite Image

Source Name:

Landsat Image Mosaic Antarctica (LIMA)

Source Identifier:

E127_CIR_432_1X

Source Scale:

1:5000

Source Institution:

Australian Antarctic Division

Source Person:

Brolsma

Source Publisher:

Australian Antarctic Division

Remote sensing:

Not Applicable

Comments

Coordinates confirmed by GPS on tourist company helicopter

Approval status

Status:

Official

Date approved:

Unknown

Related information

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