Name details

Lake Farrell

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

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

If this information is incorrect, please e-mail mapping@aad.gov.au

Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 1266

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 about 0.8km south-east of the eastern end of Ekho Lake on Broad Peninsula in the Vestfold Hills. It is an important landmark on the route from Davis to Platcha. Named after L M Farrell, weather observer at Davis in 1970.

Named For

L M Farrell, weather observer at Davis in 1970

Location

Latitude:
68° 31' 42.2" S
-68.52839°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
78° 18' 47.5" E
78.31319°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
-0.2 m
Accurate to 5m

Images


©Richard 'Tubby' Seton 2009
Catalogue id
IA21918
Caption
Lake Farrell, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1000 feet. Looking Southwest.
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:
27-Nov-1973

Display Scales

Note These display scales were chosen for use by Australia, with an emphasis on East Antarctica.
          For example, selecting 'Aus_display_scale_20M' would only return names that would appear on a 1:20 million scale map.

Aus_display_scale_20M: No      Aus_display_scale_10M: No     
Aus_display_scale_5M: No      Aus_display_scale_2M: No     
Aus_display_scale_1M: No      Aus_display_scale_500k: No     
Aus_display_scale_250k: No      Aus_display_scale_100k: No     
Aus_display_scale_50k: Yes      Aus_display_scale_25k: Yes     
Aus_display_scale_10k: No      Aus_display_scale_5k: No     
Aus_display_scale_1k: No     


Related information

Biodiversity
View fauna, flora or both within 1.0 degree of this location

Place names
View Australian or international place names within 1.0 degree of this location.