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Lake Hand
Hand, Lake (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Lake Hand (The name as it would appear on a map)
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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 medium sized lake lying between slight hills in the middle of Broad Peninsula, Vestfold Hills. It has no outlet and is saline. One important source of water comes via a waterfall originating in Waterfall Lake.
Named For
Named for Ray Hand, biologist, Davis, 1977, who worked in this part of the Broad Peninsula and has significantly contributed to the knowledge of the microbiology of the lakes there.
Location
Images
©Rick Oates 2009
- Catalogue id
- IA21921
- Caption
- Lake Hand, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1600 feet. Looking Northwest.
- Photographer
- Oates, Rick
Map
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