SCAR Composite Gazetteer

Hans Rock

Hans Rock (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Hans Rock (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 5972
Name ID: 2373

Feature type: Rock

Origin

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

Narrative

An isolated, submerged rock about 5 km due north of Magnetic Island, off the Vestfold Hills. Least depth is probably not more than 3 m. The rock was struck by M.V. Kista Dan on 29 January, 1955.

Named For

Named after Captain Hans Christian Petersen, master of the MV Kista Dan.

Location

Latitude:

68° 29' 24.0" S

-68.49000°

Accurate to 30m

Longitude:

77° 54' 24.1" E

77.90670°

Accurate to 30m

Altitude:

0 m

Unknown precision

Images

©Nathan Saunders 2009

Catalogue id: IA21898
Caption: Hans Rock, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 2200 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:

4-Jul-1961

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