SCAR Composite Gazetteer

South Portal

South Portal (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

South Portal (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 13737
Name ID: 2219

Feature type: Portal

Origin

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

Narrative

The southern of a pair of buttresses which flank the entrance to The Corridor on Broad Peninsula in the Vestfold Hills.

Named For

The name is descriptive.

Location

Latitude:

68° 35' 00.6" S

-68.58350°

Accurate to 30m

Longitude:

78° 07' 40.4" E

78.12789°

Accurate to 30m

Altitude:

76.5 m

Accurate to 5m

Images

©Nathan Saunders 2009

Catalogue id: IA21996
Caption: South Portal, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1000 feet. Looking North.
Photographer: Saunders, Nathan

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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