Name details

Brown Lagoon

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 1147

Feature type: Lagoon

Origin

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

Narrative

A saltwater lagoon on Heard Island formed by the retreat of the Brown Glacier. In 1992 it was possible to walk along the moraine dam beside the lagoon from Fairchild Beach to Skua Beach. Named in association with the Brown Glacier which was named after K G Brown, a biologist with the 1951 ANARE Heard Island Expedition.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
53° 04' 22.1" S
-53.07281°
Accurate to 10m
Longitude:
73° 39' 49.7" E
73.66381°
Accurate to 10m
Altitude:
0 m
Unknown precision

Images


©AAD, Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2004
Catalogue id
4898A5
Photographer
Shaw, Justine

Map

Source

Location Method:
Georeferenced Satellite Image
Source Name:
World View 23/3/2008
Source Identifier:
Metadata ( Heard_WorldView-1_23MAR08 - Heard Island WorldView-1 Image (23 March 2008) orthorectification )
Source Scale:
1:5000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
DigitalGlobe
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
3-Dec-1982

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