Rauer Group

Rauer Group (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Rauer Group  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 11898
Name ID: 962

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:

Narrative

A group of rocky islands lying between the Sørsdal Glacier tongue and Ranvik Bay off Ingrid Christensen Coast. Discovered and called Rauer by a Norwegian expedition under Mikkelsen in February, 1935.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
68° 51' 00.0" S
-68.85000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
77° 50' 00.0" E
77.83331°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
143 m
Unknown precision

Images


©AAD, Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 1974
Catalogue id
240D5
Photographer
Williams, Richard (Dick)

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
20-Aug-1957

Related information

Biodiversity
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Place names
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