The influence of L.R. Blake, pioneering sub-Antarctic geographer and geologist, on the topographic mapping of Macquarie Island
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9224601 |
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| Authors | H J G Dartnall, HJG Dartnall (East Sussex County Council), N Ward, Nicholas D Ward (0000-0001-6174-5581), P M Selkirk (Macquarie University), Donald Adamson (Macquarie University), D A Adamson, Mark Pharaoh (The University of Adelaide) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 201 |
| Pages | 143-150 |
| Publication date | 2001-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Polar Record (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-2474 • E-ISSN: 1475-3057 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0032247400026966 |
| OpenAlex | W2075976515 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
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
Cartography · Current (fluid) · Geographer · Geography · Geologist · Surveyor · Geology · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · History of Science and Natural History · Oceanography · Paleontology · Polar Research and Ecology
| Highly cited | No |
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