Memorial Hill

Memorial Hill (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Memorial Hill  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 9421
Name ID: 678

Feature type: Hill

Origin

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

Narrative

A hill, at Cape Denison, about 35 m high, to the west of the rocky ridge of which Azimuth Hill forms the northwestern end.

Named For

The feature was named by Douglas Mawson during the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 and appears on official maps of the expedition.

Location

Latitude:
67° 00' 33.6" S
-67.00933°
Accurate to 20m
Longitude:
142° 39' 23.8" E
142.65661°
Accurate to 20m
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Hand-held GPS
Source Name:
GARMIN GPS II
Source Identifier:
Satellite image ( No Image Available Satellite Image Catalogue - Scene Id 2001013123204820000011627275 - View Reference
)
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

GPS location - 10 minute observation - good signal strength.

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
7-Mar-1991

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