SCAR Composite Gazetteer

Braun Point

Braun Point (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Braun Point (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 1785
Name ID: 2184

Feature type: Point

Origin

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

Narrative

A small rocky cape on the southern side of Wilcock Bay in the Larsemann Hills.

Named For

Named after Hans-Martin Braun, Geologist, University of Frankfurt, FDR and a member of the 1987 ANARE Summer Field Party at Law Base.

Location

Latitude:

69° 27' 32.2" S

-69.45893°

Accurate to 25m

Longitude:

76° 04' 04.0" E

76.06778°

Accurate to 25m

Altitude:

7 m

Accurate to 10m

Images

©Adam Christensen 2009

Catalogue id: IA21756
Caption: Braun Point, Larsemann Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 2000 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:

29-Sep-1988

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