SCAR Composite Gazetteer

Aviatorov Peninsula

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

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

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Place ID: 697
Name ID: 2101

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:

Aviatorov, poluostrov (Russia)

Narrative

A deeply indented peninsula which consists of steep inlets and headlands. It contains a number of large and small lakes. The peninsula is about 3 kms south-east of Fuller Island. Mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1956.

Named For

Location

Latitude:

66° 13' 12.0" S

-66.22000°

Accurate to 200m

Longitude:

101° 05' 35.2" E

101.09311°

Accurate to 200m

Altitude:

123 m

Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:

Satellite Image

Source Name:

LIMA

Source Identifier:

Satellite image ( Satellite Image Catalogue - Scene Id E164_RGB_321_1X not in the Satellite Image Catalogue. )

Source Scale:

1:50000

Source Institution:

Australian Antarctic Division

Source Person:

Brolsma

Source Publisher:

USGS

Remote sensing:

Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:

Official

Date approved:

19-Jan-1989

Related information

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