SCAR Composite Gazetteer

Chelnok Falls

Chelnok Falls (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Chelnok Falls (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 2584
Name ID: 418

Feature type: Fall

Origin

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

Narrative

These falls in the Vestfold Hills are 5 m high and are located where the creek from Chelnok Lake runs over a dolerite dyke.

Named For

Location

Latitude:

68° 39' 04.7" S

-68.65131°

Accurate to 50m

Longitude:

78° 17' 10.0" E

78.28611°

Accurate to 50m

Altitude:

40 m

Accurate to 5m

Images

©Richard 'Tubby' Seton 2009

Catalogue id: IA21868
Caption: Chelnok Falls, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1000 feet. Looking South.
Photographer: Seton, Richard

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:

Aerail photography: ANTC1045, Run7, Frames 136 and 137 (11/Feb/1997)

Comments

Metadata for coordinates and origin of topographic data.

Approval status

Status:

Official

Date approved:

26-Jul-1983

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