Place Names Register Extract
Heavitree Gap
Extract date: 20/04/2024
| Name |
Heavitree Gap |
| Type Designation |
Pass |
| Place Id |
13501 |
| Place Type |
Feature |
| Status |
Recorded |
| Date Registered |
|
| Location (Datum GDA94) |
|
|
Latitude:
-23° 43' S
(Decimal degrees -23.726) |
|
Longitude:
133° 51' E
(Decimal degrees 133.8656) |
| Locality / Suburb |
|
| |
Flynn |
| Local Government Area |
|
| |
Alice Springs Town Council |
| History/Origin |
William Whitfield Mills named the Gap feature after Heavitree in Devon, in 1872.
Charles Winnecke encounters the Gap later in 1894. |
Register & Gazettal information
| Date |
Gazettal |
Comment |
| |
(None Found) |
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