Name details

Oval Lake

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 1265

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

A lake, roughly oval in shape, 1.3 km north-east of Club Lake on Broad Peninsula in the Vestfold Hills.

Named For

Its oval shape.

Location

Latitude:
68° 31' 58.8" S
-68.53300°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
78° 17' 02.4" E
78.28400°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
-29.2 m
Accurate to 5m

Images


©Richard 'Tubby' Seton 2009
Catalogue id
IA21964
Caption
Oval Lake, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1000 feet. Looking Southwest.
Photographer
Seton, Richard

Map

Source

Location Method:
Topographic data
Source Name:
Vestfold Hills Topographic GIS Dataset
Source Identifier:
Metadata ( vest_hills_gis - Vestfold Hills 1:25000 Topographic GIS Dataset )
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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