SCAR Composite Gazetteer

Anchorage Island

Anchorage Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Anchorage Island (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 337
Name ID: 845

Feature type: Island

Origin

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

Narrative

An island about 1 km long and 0.5 km wide, approximately 2 km north-west of Davis station, Vestfold Hills. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37).

Named For

So named because ships relieving Davis Station anchor between the island and the station.

Location

Latitude:

68° 33' 42.5" S

-68.56181°

Accurate to 30m

Longitude:

77° 55' 54.5" E

77.93181°

Accurate to 30m

Altitude:

53 m

Accurate to 5m

Images

©Nathan Saunders 2009

Catalogue id: IA21840
Caption: Anchorage Island, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 2500 feet. Looking North.
Photographer: Saunders, Nathan

Map

Source

Location Method:

Topographic data

Source Name:

Vestfold Hills Topographic GIS Dataset

Source Identifier:

vest_hills_gis

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:

11-Aug-1958

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