Oscar Lakes

Oscar Lakes (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Oscar Lakes  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 16984
Name ID: 116592

Feature type: Water body (11)

Origin

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

Narrative

Several crater lakes at northern coast of Telefon Bay, Deception Island. Named in honour of Prof. Oscar Gonzalez-Ferran, the author of numerous papers on evolution of the Deception Island volcano. Reference map-sheet 1:25,000 (Hawkes 1961).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
62° 55' 30.0" S
-62.92500°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
60° 40' 07.5" W
-60.66875°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Sep-1999

Related information

Biodiversity
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Place names
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