SCAR Composite Gazetteer

Stüwe Gully

Stüwe Gully (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Stüwe Gully (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 14176
Name ID: 635

Feature type: Gully

Origin

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

Narrative

A steep-sided gully at the north-east end of a small valley connecting the eastern side of Lake Burgess with Thala Fjord in the Larsemann Hills.

Named For

Named after Kurt Stüwe, Geologist, University of Melbourne, who made a major contribution to the geology of the area whilst at Law Base during the 1987 summer season.

Location

Latitude:

69° 24' 45.7" S

-69.41269°

Accurate to 25m

Longitude:

76° 08' 20.1" E

76.13892°

Accurate to 25m

Altitude:

50 m

Accurate to 10m

Images

©Rick Oates 2009

Catalogue id: IA21824
Caption: Stüwe Gully, Larsemann Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1100 feet. Looking South.
Photographer: Oates, Rick

Map

Source

Location Method:

Unknown

Source Name:

Larsemann Hills 1:25000 Topographic GIS Dataset

Source Identifier:

Metadata ( Lars25k - Larsemann Hills 1:25000 Topographic GIS Dataset )

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:

29-Sep-1988

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