SCAR Composite Gazetteer

Dalkøy

Dalkøy (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Dalkøy (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 3270
Name ID: 975

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:

Dålk Island (United States of America)

Narrative

An island off the eastern end of the Larsemann Hills. Plotted from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition 1936-37.

Named For

Location

Latitude:

69° 23' 00.7" S

-69.38353°

Accurate to 25m

Longitude:

76° 30' 24.7" E

76.50687°

Accurate to 25m

Altitude:

75 m

Accurate to 10m

Images

©Adam Christensen 2009

Catalogue id: IA21767
Caption: Dalkøy, Larsemann Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1500 feet. Looking East.
Photographer: Christensen, Adam

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

Related information

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