Name details

Plough Lake

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2605

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 measuring about 0.8 by 0.3 kms about 1.3 kms east from Kemp Peak. The lake is roughly triangular in shape. It drains from it northern end into Stillwell Lake via a channel that flows infrequently.

Named For

Named for its shape which resembles an old fashioned plough blade.

Location

Latitude:
67° 25' 35.5" S
-67.42653°
Accurate to 100m
Longitude:
59° 25' 53.5" E
59.43153°
Accurate to 100m
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Satellite Image
Source Name:
Landsat 7
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
1:20000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
USGS
Remote sensing:
Landsat 7 / LIMA E149_CIR_432_1X Aerial photo ANTC1037/Run6/Frame108 captured 22/01/1997

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
12-Mar-1992

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