Name details

Lake Dolgoe

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2595

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

This narrow lake lies 3 kms south of Edgeworth-David Base. It is narrow and measures about 7.5 kms and averages 0.2 kms. The lake has steeply rising land along its southern shores and cliffs along the western edge of the northern shore which rise to about 40 m. Mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1956.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
66° 16' 44.0" S
-66.27889°
Accurate to 50m
Longitude:
100° 39' 01.8" E
100.65050°
Accurate to 50m
Altitude:
13 m
Accurate to 10m

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Satellite Image
Source Name:
LIMA_E164_CIR_432_1X
Source Identifier:
LIMA_E164_CIR_432_1X
Source Scale:
1:10000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
USGS
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Altitude from Russian map Q-47_82_B (SCAR map cat 2986)

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
12-Mar-1992

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