Name details

Thalatine Lake

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 1252

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 small lake in the Vestfold Hills with prominent wave-formed beaches on the western side and on the gravel lead up from the southern end.

Named For

The name refers to the thirty beaches on the shores of the lake as Thalatine is an adaptation of the transliterated Arabic name for thirty.

Location

Latitude:
68° 33' 45.7" S
-68.56269°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
78° 24' 41.0" E
78.41139°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
0 m
Unknown precision

Images


©Richard 'Tubby' Seton 2009
Catalogue id
IA22011
Caption
Thalatine Lake, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 850 feet. Looking Northwest.
Photographer
Seton, Richard

Map

Source

Location Method:
Topographic data
Source Name:
Vestfold Hills Topographic GIS Dataset
Source Identifier:
vest_hills_gis
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:
3-Dec-1984

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