Name details

Lake Scandrett

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 1215

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 long lake lying between very steep sided cliffs in the Larsemann Hills.

Named For

Named after Graham Scandrett, Senior Helicopter Pilot during the establishment of Law Base in 1986.

Location

Latitude:
69° 23' 35.0" S
-69.39306°
Accurate to 25m
Longitude:
76° 22' 16.0" E
76.37111°
Accurate to 25m
Altitude:
19 m
Accurate to 10m

Images


©Adam Christensen 2009
Catalogue id
IA21795
Caption
Lake Scandrett, Larsemann Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1400 feet. Looking South.
Photographer
Christensen, Adam

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Larsemann Hills 1:25000 Topographic GIS Dataset
Source Identifier:
Lars25K
Source Scale:
1:25000
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:
29-Sep-1988

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