Kloa Rookery

Kloa Rookery (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Kloa Rookery  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 7635
Name ID: 2460

Feature type: Colony

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

An Emperor penguin colony on sea-ice on the southern side of Kloa Point. Discovered from ANARE Beaver aircraft by Squadron Leader P.H. Clemence, Officer Commanding RAAF Antarctic Flight at Mawson in 1957.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
66° 38' 49.9" S
-66.64720°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
57° 15' 49.0" E
57.26360°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images


©AAD, Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 1959
Catalogue id
3870C4
Photographer
Armstrong, Christopher (Chris)

Map

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Kloa Rookery
-66.6472,57.2636
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Leaflet | © OpenStreetMap contributors

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
29-Apr-1958

Related information

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