Name details

Winston Lagoon

Winston Lagoon (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Winston Lagoon  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 1152

Feature type: Lagoon

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer.

Narrative

A lagoon enclosed by rock, ice and moraine on the south west coast of Heard Island. The feature was discovered by Flight Lieutenant M. Smith, RAAF, pilot of the Walrus seaplane which accompanied HMAS Labuan and made the first flight over the island on 13 December 1947.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
53° 08' 53.5" S
-53.14819°
Accurate to 20m
Longitude:
73° 39' 13.3" E
73.65369°
Accurate to 20m
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images


©AAD, Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 1992
Catalogue id
1943B4
Photographer
Green, Kenneth (Ken)

Map

Source

Location Method:
Georeferenced Satellite Image
Source Name:
WorldView-2 17/01/ 2010 Satellite Cat ID 2092
Source Identifier:
Satellite image ( Satellite Image Catalogue - Scene Id Satellite Cat ID 2092 not in the Satellite Image Catalogue. )
Source Scale:
1:10000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
AADC
Source Publisher:
DigitalGlobe
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
21-Oct-1952

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