Polar & expedition maps
Western Base sledge routes — Australasian Antarctic Expedition
Historical recordMap records Western Base exploration tracks from 1912–1914.
What this record establishes
Institutional record documented; does not authenticate interpretations.
Record details
- Original title
- Australasian Antarctic Expedition: sledging operations from Western Base
- Artifact date
- 1915
- Creator
- Australia
- Holding institution
- Australian Antarctic Data Centre
- Identifier
- AADC map 14050
- Record type
- individual_artifact
Catalog review date reported: 2026-10-28. This is inherited catalog metadata, not a new verification of the linked source.
Australasian Antarctic Expedition, ca.1915. National Library of Australia, SCAR map collection 10/3/2, Bib ID 4980815; Australian Antarctic Data Centre reproduction, map 14050 (CC BY 4.0). Historical map reproduction, not evidence for modern hidden-land claims. Small institutional preview; no upscaling. Thumbnail resized without reconstruction. Source & reuse ↗
Image source record
Image rights and evidence limits
NLA exact original record 4980815 explicitly Out of Copyright since 1965; NLA maps policy says publication permission not required for out-of-copyright maps. AADC copy under general CC BY 4.0 map policy.
Image existence does not prove a linked claim. Consult image-specific captions and reuse conditions.
Sources and what they support
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- institutional or documentary recordhttps://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/mapcat/display_map.cfm?map_id=14050
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