SCAR Composite Gazetteer

Zappert Point

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

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

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Place ID: 16442
Name ID: 2193

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 point on the south-west part of Long Peninsula, adjacent to the large adélie penguin colony. It was the site of a boat landing and food depot in 1972.

Named For

Named after M.D. Zappert, radio supervisor at Davis in 1970.

Location

Latitude:

68° 30' 16.2" S

-68.50450°

Accurate to 30m

Longitude:

78° 05' 00.0" E

78.08331°

Accurate to 30m

Altitude:

41 m

Accurate to 5m

Images

©Rick Oates 2009

Catalogue id: IA22044
Caption: Zappert Point, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 2200 feet. Looking East.
Photographer: Oates, Rick

Map

Source

Location Method:

Topographic data

Source Name:

Vestfold Hills Topographic GIS Dataset

Source Identifier:

Metadata ( vest_hills_gis - Vestfold Hills 1:25000 Topographic GIS Dataset )

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:

27-Nov-1973

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