SCAR Composite Gazetteer

Polygon Gorge

Polygon Gorge (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Polygon Gorge (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 11449
Name ID: 624

Feature type: Gorge

Origin

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

Narrative

A narrow south-north trending gorge from Polygon Valley to Crooked Lake in the Vestfold Hills. It is about 600 m long, 10-15 m wide and up to 25 m deep. This is the western of two gorges at this end of Crooked Lake.

Named For

Named for its association with Polygon Valley.

Location

Latitude:

68° 36' 37.4" S

-68.61040°

Accurate to 30m

Longitude:

78° 28' 46.2" E

78.47950°

Accurate to 30m

Altitude:

50 m

Accurate to 5m

Images

©Richard 'Tubby' Seton 2009

Catalogue id: IA21978
Caption: Polygon Gorge, 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:

Not Applicable

Comments

Metadata for coordinates and origin of topographic data.

Approval status

Status:

Official

Date approved:

3-Dec-1984

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