Name details

Lake Terrasovoe

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 134453

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 lake approximately 1 kilometre wide and 2 kilometres long, shaped like a tear drop in the north eastern sector of Loewe Massif. It was first named by Russia and shown on their maps in 1978 with Australia formally accepting the name in September 2006.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
70° 33' 32.0" S
-70.55889°
Accurate to 50m
Longitude:
68° 01' 36.5" E
68.02681°
Accurate to 50m
Altitude:
173 m
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Satellite Image
Source Name:
SPOT 5 11 January 2004
Source Identifier:
Satellite image ( Satellite Image Catalogue - Scene Id sp5xi10_265498_110104_ortho.bil not in the Satellite Image Catalogue. )
Source Scale:
1:25000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
CNES
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
1-May-2006

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