SCAR Composite Gazetteer

Donovan Promontory

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

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

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Place ID: 3780
Name ID: 2225

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:

Tianlong Bandao (China)

Narrative

A long thin promontory on the north-east part of Stornes Peninsula in the Larsemann Hills.

Named For

Named after J Donovan, Administrative Officer, Australian Antarctic Division 1950-57, who accompanied Law on a landing at the Larsemann Hills on 7 February 1958.

Location

Latitude:

69° 23' 40.0" S

-69.39445°

Accurate to 25m

Longitude:

76° 07' 31.5" E

76.12540°

Accurate to 25m

Altitude:

27 m

Accurate to 10m

Images

©Rick Oates 2009

Catalogue id: IA21770
Caption: Donovan Promontory, Larsemann Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1500 feet. Looking North.
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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