SCAR Composite Gazetteer

Boyd Island

Boyd Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Boyd Island (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 18730
Name ID: 2645

Feature type: Island

Origin

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

Narrative

An island just south-south-west of Lugg Island and about 3.5km north-north-west of Davis in the Vestfold Hills. Named after Dr Jeff J Boyd, medical officer at Davis in 1970.

Named For

Location

Latitude:

68° 32' 41.4" S

-68.54483°

Accurate to 30m

Longitude:

77° 56' 38.0" E

77.94389°

Accurate to 30m

Altitude:

30.5 m

Accurate to 5m

Images

©Nathan Saunders 2009

Catalogue id: IA21852
Caption: Boyd Island, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 2500 feet. Looking South.
Photographer: Saunders, Nathan

Map

Source

Location Method:

Topographic data

Source Name:

Vestfold Hills Topographic GIS Dataset

Source Identifier:

Source Scale:

1:5000

Source Institution:

Australian Antarctic Division

Source Person:

Brolsma

Source Publisher:

Australian Antarctic Division

Remote sensing:

Not Applicable

Comments

Coordinates - highest point on island. Metadata for coordinates and origin of topographic data.

Approval status

Status:

Official

Date approved:

27-Nov-1973

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