SCAR Composite Gazetteer

Perched Rock

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

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

If this information is incorrect, please e-mail mapping@aad.gov.au

Place ID: 11103
Name ID: 2419

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 dolerite boulder perched on a ridge 0.6 km west of Collerson Lake on Broad Peninsula, Vestfold Hills.

Named For

Descriptive as the rock is "perched"

Location

Latitude:

68° 34' 56.3" S

-68.58231°

Accurate to 30m

Longitude:

78° 10' 24.2" E

78.17339°

Accurate to 30m

Altitude:

65 m

Accurate to 5m

Images

©Nathan Saunders 2009

Catalogue id: IA21970
Caption: Perched Rock, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1000 feet. Looking North.
Photographer: Saunders, Nathan

Map

Source

Location Method:

Topographic data

Source Name:

Vestfold Hills Topographic GIS Dataset

Source Identifier:

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:

27-Nov-1973

Related information

Biodiversity
View fauna, flora or both within 1.0 degree of this location

Place names
View Australian or international place names within 1.0 degree of this location.

COMPOSITE GAZETTEER OF ANTARCTICA

ENEA - P.N.R.A.