SCAR Composite Gazetteer

Lake Lorna

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

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

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Place ID: 8650
Name ID: 1182

Origin

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

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Lorna Lake (Russia)

Narrative

A small meltwater lake between Fearn Hill and Mount Ward in the North Masson Range, Mac.Robertson Land. Discovered in 1956 by an ANARE Party led by John M. Béchervaise. Named for Lorna, wife of John M. Béchervaise, Officer-in-Charge at Mawson in 1955 and 1959

Named For

Lorna, wife of John M. Béchervaise, Officer-in-Charge at Mawson in 1955 and 1959

Location

Latitude:

67° 47' 08.5" S

-67.78569°

Accurate to 30m

Longitude:

62° 47' 19.2" E

62.78867°

Accurate to 30m

Altitude:

522 m

Accurate to 20m

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:

Topographic data

Source Name:

Framnes Mountains 1:25000 Topographic GIS Dataset

Source Identifier:

fram25k

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:

11-Oct-1960

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