SCAR Composite Gazetteer

Twin Island

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

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

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Place ID: 15123
Name ID: 965

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:

Luansheng Dao (China)

Narrative

An island just north of Lied Peninsula in the Larsemann Hills. The island is marked by two peaks separated by a flat, ice-covered valley.

Named For

Named because of the twin peaks by the 1986-87 ANARE Field Party.

Location

Latitude:

69° 22' 11.2" S

-69.36978°

Accurate to 25m

Longitude:

76° 19' 37.7" E

76.32714°

Accurate to 25m

Altitude:

23 m

Accurate to 10m

Images

©Rick Oates 2009

Catalogue id: IA21833
Caption: Twin Island, Larsemann Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1500 feet. Looking Southeast.
Photographer: Oates, Rick

Map

Source

Location Method:

Unknown

Source Name:

Larsemann Hills 1:25000 Topographic GIS Dataset

Source Identifier:

Lars25K

Source Scale:

1:25000

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:

24-Nov-1987

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