Onley Hill

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

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

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Place ID: 10641
Name ID: 685

Feature type: Hill

Origin

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

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A bare rock eminence rising from surrounding high drifts about 2 km south of Mount Henderson, Mac.Robertson Land. Visited by ANARE parties since 1954. Named after L. Onley, weather observer at Mawson in 1959.

Named For

L. Onley, weather observer at Mawson in 1959

Location

Latitude:
67° 42' 52.2" S
-67.71450°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
63° 02' 12.2" E
63.03672°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
785 m
Accurate to 20m

Images


©Mel Fitzpatrick 2003
Catalogue id
IA16474
Caption
Onley Hill (at right) looking southwest from the ridge above Henderson Hut. In the distance is the Central Masson Range.
Photographer
Fitzpatrick, Mel

Map

Source

Location Method:
Topographic data
Source Name:
Framnes Mountains 1:25000 Topographic GIS Dataset
Source Identifier:
fram25k
Source Scale:
1:2000
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:
11-Oct-1960

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