Austnes Skerries

Austnes Skerries (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Austnes Skerries  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 668
Name ID: 2476

Feature type: Skerry

Origin

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

Narrative

A group of skerries about 3.7 km SSW of Cape Gotley, Kemp Land. Mapped from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37). One of the skerries was called Austnesskjera (The East Point Skerry) by Norwegian cartographers.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
66° 43' 59.9" S
-66.73330°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
57° 15' 00.0" E
57.25000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

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:
31-Jul-1972

Related information

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