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Dundas Strait
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Name |
Dundas Strait |
Type Designation |
Strait |
Place Id |
12514 |
Place Type |
Feature |
Status |
Recorded |
Date Registered |
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Location (Datum GDA94) |
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Latitude:
-11° 21' S
(Decimal degrees -11.3545) |
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Longitude:
131° 38' E
(Decimal degrees 131.6379) |
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Locality / Suburb |
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Van Diemen Gulf |
Local Government Area |
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History/Origin |
Named by PP King on 25 April 1818, after Henry Dundas, the first Viscount Melville, First Lord of the Admiralty (1742 - 1811). |
Register & Gazettal information
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Gazettal |
Comment |
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