SCAR Composite Gazetteer

Grimmia Gorge

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

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

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Place ID: 5703
Name ID: 626

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 in the Vestfold Hills approximately 20 m wide and 20-30 m deep which runs into a gravel bank at the eastern end of Crooked Lake. There is a small waterfall on the eastern side at the southern end. It is the most easterly of two south-north gorges.

Named For

Named after well developed beds of moss (Grimmia) at the exit to the gorge.

Location

Latitude:

68° 36' 23.4" S

-68.60650°

Accurate to 30m

Longitude:

78° 29' 35.2" E

78.49311°

Accurate to 30m

Altitude:

23 m

Accurate to 5m

Images

©Richard 'Tubby' Seton 2009

Catalogue id: IA21897
Caption: Grimmia Gorge, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 900 feet. Looking Southwest.
Photographer: Seton, Richard

Map

Source

Location Method:

Topographic data

Source Name:

Vestfold Hills Topographic GIS Dataset

Source Identifier:

Metadata ( vest_hills_gis - Vestfold Hills 1:25000 Topographic GIS Dataset )

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:

26-Jul-1983

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