SCAR Composite Gazetteer

Climbing Wall

Climbing Wall (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Climbing Wall (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 2765
Name ID: 345

Feature type: Wall

Origin

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

Narrative

The eastern side of Dalk¿y, an island at the eastern end of the Larsemann Hills, which is a steep stepped rock face.

Named For

The sheer vertical wall is ideal for climbing practice as it contains all grades of slopes.

Location

Latitude:

69° 23' 05.0" S

-69.38472°

Accurate to 25m

Longitude:

76° 30' 35.0" E

76.50972°

Accurate to 25m

Altitude:

40 m

Accurate to 10m

Images

©Adam Christensen 2009

Catalogue id: IA21765
Caption: Climbing Wall, Larsemann Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1500 feet. Looking North.
Photographer: Christensen, Adam

Map

Source

Location Method:

Unknown

Source Name:

Larsemann Hills 1:25000 Topographic GIS Dataset

Source Identifier:

Lars25K

Source Scale:

1:25000

Source Institution:

Australian Antarctic Division

Source Person:

Brolsma

Source Publisher:

Australian Antarctic Division

Remote sensing:

Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:

Official

Date approved:

24-Nov-1987

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