SCAR Composite Gazetteer

Lassitude Lake

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

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

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Place ID: 8170
Name ID: 1153

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

A small permanently frozen lake at the foot of a steep ice slope in the Framnes Mountains. It has a pressure dome in the centre and is about 2.2 ha in area. The lake is near Rumdoodle hut.

Named For

Lassitude was a condition suffered by the doctor in the famous book "Ascent of Rumdoodle" by W. E. Bowman. The novel is traditionally very popular at Mawson

Location

Latitude:

67° 46' 10.6" S

-67.76961°

Accurate to 30m

Longitude:

62° 48' 18.2" E

62.80506°

Accurate to 30m

Altitude:

495 m

Accurate to 20m

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:

Topographic data

Source Name:

Framnes Mountains 1:25000 Topographic GIS Dataset

Source Identifier:

Source Scale:

1:2000

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:

26-Jul-1983

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