Name details

Krok Lake

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

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

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United States Gazetteer Id 127616

Feature type: Water body (11)

Origin

This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

An irregular-shaped lake about 4 mi long in the SE part of the Vestfold Hills. The lake was partially mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and named Krokvatnet (the crooked lake). The lake was mapped in its entirety by ANARE, utilizing air photos taken in 1957-58.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
68° 37' 00.0" S
-68.61667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
78° 24' 00.0" E
78.40000°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images


©AAD, Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 1998
Catalogue id
2620C5
Photographer
Cianchi, Andrew (Andy)

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1965

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