SCAR Composite Gazetteer

Richardson Island

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

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

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Place ID: 12112
Name ID: 966

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

The westernmost of a pair of islands lying about 0.6 km west of the north-west tip of Stornes Peninsula in the Larsemann Hills. This island also lies 1.0 km south of Knuckey Island.

Named For

Named after Sgt. A Richardson, RAAF Beaver Mechanic at Mawson in 1958, who serviced aircraft operating in the area at that time.

Location

Latitude:

69° 23' 50.0" S

-69.39722°

Accurate to 25m

Longitude:

76° 03' 45.0" E

76.06250°

Accurate to 25m

Altitude:

55 m

Accurate to 10m

Images

©Rick Oates 2009

Catalogue id: IA21815
Caption: Richardson Island, Larsemann Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1300 feet. Looking West.
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:

29-Sep-1988

Related information

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