Name details
Cemetery Lake
Cemetery Lake (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Cemetery Lake (The name as it would appear on a map)
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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 lake about 650 m long and 400 m wide on the northern side of Mule Peninsula, Vestfold Hills. Visited by an ANARE geological and biological party in January-February 1972.
Named For
Mummified carcases of elephant seals, Weddell seals, giant petrels and a skua were found on its western beach buried in sand and gravel.
Location
Images
©Richard 'Tubby' Seton 2009
- Catalogue id
- IA21866
- Caption
- Cemetery Lake, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1400 feet. Looking Southwest.
- Photographer
- Seton, Richard
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