Ryrie Rock

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

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

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Place ID: 12563
Name ID: 2381

Feature type: Rock

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:

Narrative

An isolated rock off the coast of Mac.Robertson Land, about 49 km NNE of Byrd Head. Discovered on about 18 February, 1931, by BANZARE (1929-31) under Sir Douglas Mawson who named it after the Australian High Commissioner in London at the time.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
67° 05' 14.5" S
-67.08736°
Accurate to 200m
Longitude:
61° 25' 09.0" E
61.41917°
Accurate to 200m
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images


©AAD, Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 1965
Catalogue id
3922C1
Caption
Ryrie Rock 67 degrees 03'S 61 degrees 27'E Also called Rrieskjert. Isolated 11 mile north east of Kidson Island and 26 miles north east of Byrd Head. Discovered in February 1931 by the BANZARE, and named by Mawson for the Australian high commissioner in London at the time.
Photographer
Cook, Peter John

Map

Source

Location Method:
Topographic data
Source Name:
Geoscience Australia coastline
Source Identifier:
AAT_Coastline_2003
Source Scale:
1:2500
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
Geoscience Australia
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Named by BANZARE

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
Unknown

Related information

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