Place Comment: Goyders Pillar

Yep, no doubt. Just disappointing to see the explore oz coords being so far off

Hello

I think pjm may have measured the location (using OziExplorer?) off a verion of Hema's GDT Eastern Sheet/NE map (dated 2012?) as the pillar location is shown a bit inaccurately on this map...roughly aligning to his coords....

Strangely on an older version of the same Hema map (dated 2009) coordinates for the "Sunset Viewing Area" are printed on the map as 22° 58' 58" S and 136° 55' 57" ..which are ~500m W of EO's coords and from what I can figure closer to the actual Pillar (~500m) - but who cares - you aint going to miss it.

I am guessing who ever supplied the EO coords GPS'd them in the car park or thereabouts...not at the pillar itself. Any way, an apology is in order from pjm :)

Cheers
Greg

And to add a further variation

http://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/placenames/view.jsp?id=13251

RD, Those coordinates are actually those lodged by Chas Winnecke way back when. They are 24 km away yet the do fall within an area of hills that Winnecke was actually describing. He named them the Goyders Pinnacles (note the plural) I actually wonder if the pillar we refer to as Goyders today was discovered later. Hmmmm.

Cheers

Must have been using a Magellan....:)

Cheers
Greg