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Geological observations on Heard Island (Geological observations on Heard and Macquarie Islands)

Created 17/10/2025

Updated 19/11/2025

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During the summer of 1947, an expedition was despatched to Heard Island with the object of landing a party to spend about twelve months there. Geological work was undertaken by the writer. The results of this work are recorded in this report. These results include observations on the geomorphology of the island, and a description of the xenolithic ejectamenta collected from the tuffs of Rogers Head and Rogers Head Peninsula.

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Title Geological observations on Heard Island (Geological observations on Heard and Macquarie Islands)
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/81c52ac0-20fd-4bec-9463-689e1776099b
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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      ],
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      ],
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}
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Geological observations on Heard Island (Geological observations on Heard and Macquarie Islands)". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/geological-observations-on-heard-island-geological-observations-on-heard-and-macquarie-islands