High Rock

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

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

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Place ID: 6371
Name ID: 2404

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 conspicuous nunatak lying about 2.3 km north-west of the Doublets on David Island, off Queen Mary Land. Named by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911-1914. The name is descriptive.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
66° 22' 23.0" S
-66.37306°
Accurate to 200m
Longitude:
98° 39' 11.0" E
98.65306°
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:
Unknown
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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