Priestley Lake

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

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

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Place ID: 11595
Name ID: 112268

Feature type: Water body (11)

Origin

This name originates from Italy. It is part of the Italy Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

Lake (axes 120x25m; altitude 25m asl; seasonal ice covering) located 200m NE of historical "snow cave site" at Inexpressible Island. Named after R.E. Priestley, winterer at that cave (1910-13). Surveyed by V. Libera during the IV Italian Antarctic Expedition (1988-89).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
74° 53' 30.0" S
-74.89167°
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Longitude:
163° 44' 18.0" E
163.73833°
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Altitude:
25 m
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Images

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Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
17-Jul-1997

Related information

Biodiversity
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Place names
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