SCAR Composite Gazetteer

Topografov Island

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

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

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Place ID: 14812
Name ID: 875

Feature type: Island

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:

Topografov Island (United States of America)
Topografov, ostrov (Russia)

Narrative

An island in the northern part of the entrance to Long Fjord, Vestfold Hills. The region was photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47), ANARE (1954, 1957 and 1958) and the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1956).

Named For

The name Ostrov Topogratov was first applied on Soviet Map R-44-13,14 published in 1959.

Location

Latitude:

68° 29' 47.0" S

-68.49639°

Accurate to 30m

Longitude:

78° 10' 43.3" E

78.17869°

Accurate to 30m

Altitude:

44 m

Accurate to 5m

Images

©Belinda Reynolds 2009

Catalogue id: IA22018
Caption: Topografov Island, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1400 feet. Looking Northwest.
Photographer: Reynolds, Belinda

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:

28-Jun-1962

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