Name details

Beaver Lake

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 1193

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

An area of smooth ice, approximately 7 km by 22 km, at the southern end of a region of rough ice (a stagnant glacier) between two arms of a horseshoe shaped rock exposure. Situated just east of the Aramis Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Discovered by ANARE personnel in 1956.

Named For

A camp was established in the vicinity by Bruce Stinear and M. Fisher of ANARE in September, 1957, and the lake was used extensively as a landing area by ANARE Beaver aircraft, after which it was named.

Location

Latitude:
70° 47' 33.7" S
-70.79269°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
68° 17' 42.7" E
68.29519°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images


©Adrian Corvino 2004
Catalogue id
IA16571
Caption
View looking due east over Beaver Lake camp to Beaver Lake. Hills on the far side and extreme right of the lake are the northern end of Flagstaff Bench and on the left of the photo the southern end of Jetty Peninsula.
Photographer
Corvino, Adrian

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
29-Apr-1958

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