Name details

Vereteno Lake

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 1192

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.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A lake, in the eastern part of the Vestfold Hills about 19 km ENE of Davis Station. The region was photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47), ANARE (1954, 1957, 1958) and the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1956).

Named For

The name Ozero Vereteno was first applied on Soviet map No. R-44-13,14 published in 1959.

Location

Latitude:
68° 30' 54.7" S
-68.51519°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
78° 24' 51.5" E
78.41431°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
0.3 m
Accurate to 5m

Images


©Richard 'Tubby' Seton 2009
Catalogue id
IA22033
Caption
Vereteno Lake, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1000 feet. Looking West.
Photographer
Seton, Richard

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:
28-Jun-1962

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