Name details

Split Lakes

Split Lakes (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Split Lakes  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 1250

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

An elongated lake in the Vestfold Hills which has a split in the middle. At times it is one lake and other times it is two lakes.

Named For

Descriptive as the lake has a split in the middle

Location

Latitude:
68° 38' 08.2" S
-68.63560°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
78° 10' 57.0" E
78.18250°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
23 m
Accurate to 5m

Images


©Richard 'Tubby' Seton 2009
Catalogue id
IA21997
Caption
Split Lakes, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1000 feet. Looking North.
Photographer
Seton, Richard

Map

Source

Location Method:
Topographic data
Source Name:
Vestfold Hills Topographic GIS Dataset
Source Identifier:
Metadata ( vest_hills_gis - Vestfold Hills 1:25000 Topographic GIS Dataset )
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:
26-Jul-1983

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