Easther Island

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

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

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Place ID: 4041
Name ID: 976

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

An island in the Larsemann Hills which somewhat resembles the letter "H". Plotted from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition 1936-37 and called Upsxy by Norwegian cartographers.

Named For

Named after Robert Easther, Officer-in-Charge at Davis in 1986, who helped to establish Law Base.

Location

Latitude:
69° 22' 28.3" S
-69.37452°
Accurate to 25m
Longitude:
76° 14' 11.9" E
76.23665°
Accurate to 25m
Altitude:
65 m
Accurate to 10m

Images


©Adam Christensen 2009
Catalogue id
IA21771
Caption
Easther Island, Larsemann Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1600 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:
29-Sep-1988

Related information

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