Name details
Lake Burgess
Burgess, Lake (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Lake Burgess (The name as it would appear on a map)
If this information is incorrect, please e-mail mapping@aad.gov.au
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 branched lake in a wide open area of land about 1.3 km north-east from Blundell Peak in the Larsemann Hills.
Named For
Named after Jim Burgess, Limnologist, University of New South Wales who was a member of the 1987 summer field party at Law Base.
Location
Images
©Adam Christensen 2009
- Catalogue id
- IA21787
- Caption
- Lake Burgess, Larsemann Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1500 feet. Looking Southwest.
- Photographer
- Christensen, Adam
Map
Source
Comments
NoneApproval status
Display Scales
For example, selecting 'Aus_display_scale_20M' would only return names that would appear on a 1:20 million scale map.
| Aus_display_scale_20M: | No | Aus_display_scale_10M: | No | ||
| Aus_display_scale_5M: | No | Aus_display_scale_2M: | No | ||
| Aus_display_scale_1M: | No | Aus_display_scale_500k: | No | ||
| Aus_display_scale_250k: | No | Aus_display_scale_100k: | No | ||
| Aus_display_scale_50k: | No | Aus_display_scale_25k: | Yes | ||
| Aus_display_scale_10k: | No | Aus_display_scale_5k: | No | ||
| Aus_display_scale_1k: | No |
Related information
Biodiversity
View
fauna,
flora or
both
within 1.0 degree of this location
Place names
View
Australian or
international
place names within 1.0 degree of this location.