Thin Rock

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

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

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Place ID: 14605
Name ID: 2403

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

A long, narrow outcrop of exposed rock on the northern side of Davis Peninsula lying about 2.3 km south-west of The Mitre, Queen Mary Land.

Named For

Named by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911-1914. The name is descriptive.

Location

Latitude:
66° 31' 38.2" S
-66.52728°
Accurate to 200m
Longitude:
98° 50' 40.9" E
98.84469°
Accurate to 200m
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Satellite Image
Source Name:
LIMA - Landsat Image Mosaic Antarctica
Source Identifier:
Satellite image ( Satellite Image Catalogue - Scene Id E164_RGB_321_1X not in the Satellite Image Catalogue. )
Source Scale:
1:25000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
USGS - United States Geological Survey
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
7-Mar-1991

Related information

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