Grace Rocks

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

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

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Place ID: 5565
Name ID: 2440

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

Rock outcrops on the eastern side of the Scott Glacier in Queen Mary Land, about 9 km south of Bunger Hills. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Named by USACAN after Lieut. P.J. Grace, USN, pilot with USN Operation Windmill (1947-48).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
66° 25' 11.7" S
-66.41992°
Accurate to 200m
Longitude:
100° 32' 12.2" E
100.53672°
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
Source Identifier:
Satellite image ( Satellite Image Catalogue - Scene Id E164_RGB_321_1X not in the Satellite Image Catalogue. )
Source Scale:
1:50000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
USGS
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
22-Oct-1968

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