Name details

Sonic Lake

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 1155

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 crescent shaped, permanently frozen lake in a large bay in the Framnes Mountains at the south west corner of the North Masson Range. Descriptive as sounds of ice cracking which sounded like sonic booms were heard whilst standing on the lake.

Named For

Descriptive as sounds of ice cracking which sounded like sonic booms were heard whilst standing on the lake.

Location

Latitude:
67° 47' 54.8" S
-67.79856°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
62° 48' 00.0" E
62.80000°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
608 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:
fram25k
Source Scale:
1:5000
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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