SCAR Composite Gazetteer

McLean Point

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

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

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Place ID: 9321
Name ID: 2198

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 northern side of Mule Peninsula, Vestfold Hills, near the entrance to Ellis Fjord. It affords an excellent camp site and was the site of a depot during field operations in 1972.

Named For

Named after R.W. McLean, radio supervisor at Davis in 1969.

Location

Latitude:

68° 37' 21.4" S

-68.62261°

Accurate to 30m

Longitude:

77° 56' 43.0" E

77.94528°

Accurate to 30m

Altitude:

14 m

Accurate to 5m

Images

©Belinda Reynolds 2009

Catalogue id: IA21946
Caption: McLean Point, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 2000 feet. Looking West.
Photographer: Reynolds, Belinda

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:

27-Nov-1973

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