Boat Harbour

Boat Harbour (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Boat Harbour  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 1498
Name ID: 755

Feature type: Harbour

Origin

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

Narrative

A prominent inlet running south, to the west of Penguin Knob at Cape Denison, about 50 m north-west from Mawson''s main hut. The feature was named by Douglas Mawson during the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 and appears on official maps of the expedition.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
67° 00' 26.0" S
-67.00722°
Accurate to 50m
Longitude:
142° 39' 30.0" E
142.65833°
Accurate to 50m
Altitude:
0 m
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Satellite Image
Source Name:
IKONOS
Source Identifier:
Satellite image ( No Image Available Satellite Image Catalogue - Scene Id 2001013123204820000011627275 - View Reference
)
Source Scale:
1:2000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
7-Mar-1991

Related information

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