Name details

Lassitude Lake

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 1153

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 small permanently frozen lake at the foot of a steep ice slope in the Framnes Mountains. It has a pressure dome in the centre and is about 2.2 ha in area. The lake is near Rumdoodle hut.

Named For

Lassitude was a condition suffered by the doctor in the famous book "Ascent of Rumdoodle" by W. E. Bowman. The novel is traditionally very popular at Mawson

Location

Latitude:
67° 46' 10.6" S
-67.76961°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
62° 48' 18.2" E
62.80506°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
495 m
Accurate to 20m

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Topographic data
Source Name:
Framnes Mountains 1:25000 Topographic GIS Dataset
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
1:2000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
Australian Antarctic Division
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
26-Jul-1983

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