Mawson, February 1959 [cartographic material] / drawn by the Division of National Mapping
- Bib ID:
- 4670889
- Format:
- Map
- Author:
- Australia. Division of National Mapping
- Scale:
- Scale [ca. 1:720], 60 feet to one inch (E 62°52'26"/S 67°36'10").
- Description:
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- [Canberra : Division of National Mapping], 1959
- 1 map ; 50 x 44 cm.
- Series:
- Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) map collection ; no. 5/3/8.
- Biography/History:
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The first ANARE station on the Antarctic Continent, located on the eastern side of Holme Bay on a horseshoe-shaped rock outcrop. The site was selected by Phillip Law who named the station on 13 February, 1954, after Sir Douglas Mawson Antarctic explorer and a member of the ANARE Executive Planning Committee until his death in 1958.
- Notes:
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- Map of the Mawson Station in Antarctica, showing showing various building around the station. Relief is shown by contours and spot heights.
- "MISC/59/239."
- Library's copy has various annotations in pencil and red ink over map.
- Subject:
- Mawson Station (Antarctica) -- Maps
- Time Coverage:
- 1959
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Australian Antarctic Territory : general, 1958-1962, s1/73-133.
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Since 2009 [Created/Published Date + 50 Years]
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- Material type:
- Artistic
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1959
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