SCAR Composite Gazetteer

Broknes

Broknes (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Broknes (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 1891
Name ID: 2117

Feature type: Peninsula

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

A large rock peninsula on the eastern extremity of the Larsemann Hills.

Named For

Plotted from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37 and called Broknes (Broken Cape) by Norwegian cartographers. The peninsula is broken by Nella Fjord.

Location

Latitude:

69° 23' 28.4" S

-69.39123°

Accurate to 25m

Longitude:

76° 20' 47.0" E

76.34639°

Accurate to 25m

Altitude:

148 m

Accurate to 10m

Images

©Adam Christensen 2009

Catalogue id: IA21759
Caption: Broknes, Larsemann Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1000 feet. Looking Southeast.
Photographer: Christensen, Adam

Map

Source

Location Method:

Unknown

Source Name:

Larsemann Hills 1:25000 Topographic GIS Dataset

Source Identifier:

Lars25K

Source Scale:

1:25000

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:

24-Nov-1987

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