SCAR Composite Gazetteer

Platcha

Platcha (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Platcha (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 11346
Name ID: 2493

Feature type: AWS

Origin

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

Narrative

A remote weather station about 31 km east of Davis station, Vestfold Hills. The remote station was established by an ANARE party led by Dr. M. Hay in April-May, 1961.

Named For

The name, given by the Davis party, is an abbreviation of Plateau Chateau.

Location

Latitude:

68° 30' 41.8" S

-68.51161°

Accurate to 30m

Longitude:

78° 30' 43.6" E

78.51211°

Accurate to 30m

Altitude:

5 m

Accurate to 5m

Images

©AAD, Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 1969

Catalogue id: 614A6
Caption: View of remote station Platcha and edge of ice plateau
Photographer: McLean, Ronald (Ron)

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:

AADC

Source Publisher:

Australian Antarctic Division

Remote sensing:

Not Applicable

Comments

Metadata for coordinates and origin of topographic data.

Approval status

Status:

Official

Date approved:

28-Jun-1962

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