Name details

Trident Lake

Trident Lake (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Trident Lake  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 1235

Feature type: Water body

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

The easternmost of two small lakes north-west of Club Lake in the Vestfold Hills.

Named For

So named because it has three 'prongs'.

Location

Latitude:
68° 32' 24.0" S
-68.54000°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
78° 13' 58.8" E
78.23300°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
-4.7 m
Accurate to 5m

Images


©Henk Brolsma 2004
Catalogue id
IA16547
Caption
View looking south east towards the S¿rsdal Glacier. Trident Lake, bottom left. Club Lake - large lake, centre left. Deep Lake - centre right. Ice covered bay on bottom right of photo is Shirokaya Bay
Photographer
Brolsma, Henk

Map

Source

Location Method:
Topographic data
Source Name:
Vestfold Hills Topographic GIS Dataset
Source Identifier:
vest_hills_gis
Source Scale:
1:5000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
Australian Antarctic Division
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Metadata for coordinates and origin of topographic data.

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
27-Nov-1973

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