Name details

Glider Lake

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 1261

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

Glider Lake is a triangular shaped saline lake approximately 500 m by 150 m in area on the southern shore of Taynaya Bay in the Vestfold Hills. The lake surface is marginally beneath sea level, and the maximum recorded depth is 9 m. It is probable that the lake is permanently stratified and therefore meromictic.The lake has been named as its shape looks something like a hang glider.

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Location

Latitude:
68° 27' 40.3" S
-68.46119°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
78° 17' 06.0" E
78.28500°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
-1.1 m
Accurate to 5m

Images

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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:
27-Apr-1995

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