SCAR Composite Gazetteer

Talg Gorge

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

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

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Place ID: 14400
Name ID: 625

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 gorge in the Vestfold Hills where the Talg River flows into Crooked Lake. The river drops over a 4 m cascade into a slot 5 m wide, 7 m high on the east, 20 m high on the west and about 150 m long. Talg is Arabic for "ice".

Named For

Location

Latitude:

68° 37' 39.4" S

-68.62761°

Accurate to 30m

Longitude:

78° 22' 42.6" E

78.37850°

Accurate to 30m

Altitude:

29 m

Accurate to 5m

Images

©Richard 'Tubby' Seton 2009

Catalogue id: IA22005
Caption: Talg Gorge, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1200 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:

15-Mar-1984

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