Tillite Lake

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

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

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Place ID: 14721
Name ID: 1154

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 long narrow lake which is permanently frozen. It is located on the south-east side of the North Masson Range. The lake measures 3.4 ha in area.

Named For

Descriptive as there are beds of tillite.

Location

Latitude:
67° 47' 23.2" S
-67.78978°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
62° 51' 59.2" E
62.86644°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
592 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:
Metadata ( fram25k - Framnes Mountains 1:25000 Topographic GIS Dataset )
Source Scale:
Unknown
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:
3-Dec-1984

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