SCAR Composite Gazetteer

Tonagh Promontory

Tonagh Promontory (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Tonagh Promontory (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 14795
Name ID: 2224

Origin

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

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Wuyue Bandao (China)

Narrative

One of two promontories to the south-west of Stornes Peninsula in the Larsemann Hills. Plotted by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition 1936-37, and called Storneskloa (Big Cape Claw).

Named For

Named after Lt. Leslie Tonagh, RAASC, DUKW Driver who landed the first party on Jesson Island on 7 February 1958.

Location

Latitude:

69° 26' 15.0" S

-69.43750°

Accurate to 25m

Longitude:

76° 00' 53.0" E

76.01472°

Accurate to 25m

Altitude:

86 m

Accurate to 10m

Images

©Rick Oates 2009

Catalogue id: IA21830
Caption: Tonagh Promontory, Larsemann Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1800 feet. Looking West.
Photographer: Oates, Rick

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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