Broad Peninsula

Broad Peninsula (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Broad Peninsula  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 1814
Name ID: 2089

Feature type: Peninsula

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 rocky peninsula extending west from the main section of the Vestfold Hills on Ingrid Christensen Coast.

Named For

Mapped from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37), and called Briedneset (The Broad Cape) by Norwegian cartographers.

Location

Latitude:
68° 34' 01.2" S
-68.56700°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
78° 11' 55.3" E
78.19869°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
140 m
Accurate to 5m

Images


©Nathan Saunders 2009
Catalogue id
IA21854
Caption
Broad Peninsula, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 2800 feet. Looking East.
Photographer
Saunders, Nathan

Map

Source

Location Method:
Topographic data
Source Name:
Vestfold Hills Topographic GIS Dataset
Source Identifier:
vest_hills_gis
Source Scale:
1:5000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
Australian Antarctic Division
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Metadata for coordinates and origin of topographic data.

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
4-Sep-1956

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