Torckler Rocks

Torckler Rocks (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Torckler Rocks  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 14819
Name ID: 2411

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

Three small islands about 1.5 km south-west of Davis station. Plotted from ANARE air photographs.

Named For

Named after R.M. Torckler, radio officer at Davis in 1959.

Location

Latitude:
68° 34' 53.4" S
-68.58150°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
77° 56' 26.9" E
77.94081°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
11.5 m
Accurate to 5m

Images


©Belinda Reynolds 2009
Catalogue id
IA22019
Caption
Torckler Rocks, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 2500 feet. Looking South.
Photographer
Reynolds, Belinda

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

Related information

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