Name details

Lake Dingle

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 1269

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.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A salt-water lake about 4 km ENE of Davis station in the Vestfold Hills. It is roughly circular and about 2 km in diameter. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37). First visited by an ANARE party led by Phillip Law in January, in 1955.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
68° 34' 00.1" S
-68.56669°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
78° 03' 57.6" E
78.06600°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
-9.2 m
Accurate to 5m

Images


©Richard 'Tubby' Seton 2009
Catalogue id
IA21916
Caption
Lake Dingle, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1100 feet. Looking Southwest.
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:
29-Apr-1958

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