The influence of L.R. Blake, pioneering sub-Antarctic geographer and geologist, on the topographic mapping of Macquarie Island
Abstract New biographical information is given about L.R. Blake, surveyor and geologist at Macquarie Island during the 1911–14 Australasian Antarctic Expedition. Blake's survey of the island yielded maps that in significant respects are more accurate than the current topographic map of 1971, wh...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0032247400026966 2024-03-03T08:38:49+00:00 The influence of L.R. Blake, pioneering sub-Antarctic geographer and geologist, on the topographic mapping of Macquarie Island Dartnall, H.J.G. Ward, N. Selkirk, P.M. Adamson, D.A. Pharaoh, M. 2001 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400026966 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400026966 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Polar Record volume 37, issue 201, page 143-150 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 2001 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400026966 2024-02-08T08:34:26Z Abstract New biographical information is given about L.R. Blake, surveyor and geologist at Macquarie Island during the 1911–14 Australasian Antarctic Expedition. Blake's survey of the island yielded maps that in significant respects are more accurate than the current topographic map of 1971, which, with one exception, adopted his height measurements for the 23 named peaks. The more recent height estimates for these peaks are assessed, and it is concluded that, while some of Blake's measurements were significantly in error, his values still stand as the best current estimates for one-third of the peaks. Blake's death five weeks before the end of the First World War consigned his achievements on Macquarie Island to obscurity. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Macquarie Island Polar Record Cambridge University Press Antarctic Polar Record 37 201 143 150 |
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Abstract New biographical information is given about L.R. Blake, surveyor and geologist at Macquarie Island during the 1911–14 Australasian Antarctic Expedition. Blake's survey of the island yielded maps that in significant respects are more accurate than the current topographic map of 1971, which, with one exception, adopted his height measurements for the 23 named peaks. The more recent height estimates for these peaks are assessed, and it is concluded that, while some of Blake's measurements were significantly in error, his values still stand as the best current estimates for one-third of the peaks. Blake's death five weeks before the end of the First World War consigned his achievements on Macquarie Island to obscurity. |
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The influence of L.R. Blake, pioneering sub-Antarctic geographer and geologist, on the topographic mapping of Macquarie Island |
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The influence of L.R. Blake, pioneering sub-Antarctic geographer and geologist, on the topographic mapping of Macquarie Island |
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