Name details

Depot Lake

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 1254

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 irregularly shaped lake in the Vestfold Hills which is about 600 m long. A depot was sited at the lake in 1978.

Named For

a depot was sited at the lake in 1978

Location

Latitude:
68° 34' 22.8" S
-68.57300°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
78° 21' 42.1" E
78.36169°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
8.3 m
Accurate to 5m

Images


©Rick Oates 2009
Catalogue id
IA21881
Caption
Depot Lake, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1400 feet. Looking Northwest.
Photographer
Oates, Rick

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:
26-Jul-1983

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