Name details

Turner Lagoon

Turner Lagoon (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Turner Lagoon  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 136805

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, shallow, round lake lying close to the coast on the western side of the Stornes Peninsula and also lying about 2.8km NW of Blundell peak in the Larsemann Hills.

Named For

Named after Phillip Turner, senior helicopter pilot during the 1987-88 ANARE summer season

Location

Latitude:
69° 24' 25.9" S
-69.40720°
Accurate to 25m
Longitude:
76° 03' 21.9" E
76.05608°
Accurate to 25m
Altitude:
5 m
Accurate to 10m

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Topographic data
Source Name:
Larsemann Hills 1:25000 Topographic GIS Dataset
Source Identifier:
Metadata ( Lars25k - Larsemann Hills 1:25000 Topographic GIS Dataset )
Source Scale:
1:25000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
Australian Antarctic Division
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
25-Oct-1989

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