SCAR Composite Gazetteer

Lichen Valley

Lichen Valley (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Lichen Valley (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 8421
Name ID: 2548

Feature type: Valley

Origin

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

Narrative

A valley about 60 m deep in the northern part of the Vestfold Hills, about 1.25 km north of Luncke Ridge. So named because of the number and variety of lichens found there.

Named For

descriptive as there are lichens there

Location

Latitude:

68° 28' 48.4" S

-68.48011°

Accurate to 30m

Longitude:

78° 25' 07.0" E

78.41861°

Accurate to 30m

Altitude:

15 m

Accurate to 5m

Images

©Belinda Reynolds 2009

Catalogue id: IA21935
Caption: Lichen Valley, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1400 feet. Looking Southwest.
Photographer: Reynolds, Belinda

Map

Source

Location Method:

Topographic data

Source Name:

Vestfold Hills Topographic GIS Dataset

Source Identifier:

vest_hills_gis

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:

27-Aug-1975

Related information

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