Albino Rookery

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

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

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Place ID: 173
Name ID: 2461

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 Adélie penguin colony on the coast of Long Peninsula, Vestfold Hills.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
68° 27' 42.8" S
-68.46190°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
78° 09' 42.5" E
78.16180°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
5 m
Accurate to 5m

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Topographic data
Source Name:
Vestfold Hills Topographic GIS Dataset
Source Identifier:
Metadata ( vest_hills_gis - Vestfold Hills 1:25000 Topographic GIS Dataset )
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:
18-May-1971

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