Low Tongue

Low Tongue (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Low Tongue  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 8678
Name ID: 2528

Feature type: Tongue

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

A tongue of rock about 12 m high projecting from the continental ice edge for about 165 m situated about 44 km west of Mawson. Plotted by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Lagtangen (Low Tongue). First visited by ANARE western parties in 1954-55.

Named For

descriptive

Location

Latitude:
67° 33' 05.4" S
-67.55150°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
61° 59' 23.9" E
61.98997°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
32 m
Accurate to 5m

Images

No images of this place could be found.

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

Cordinates made to coincide with highest point on tongue.

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
20-Aug-1957

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