SCAR Composite Gazetteer

Watts Lake

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

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

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Place ID: 15785
Name ID: 1199

Origin

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

Narrative

A lake just south-west of Ellis Rapids in the southern part of the Vestfold Hills.

Named For

Named after P.E. Watts, senior diesel mechanic at Davis in 1969.

Location

Latitude:

68° 36' 12.2" S

-68.60339°

Accurate to 30m

Longitude:

78° 13' 09.8" E

78.21939°

Accurate to 30m

Altitude:

-5.9 m

Accurate to 5m

Images

©Robert Jones 2024

Catalogue id: IA16496
Caption: Fossilised seaweed beds and calcerous tubes between Watts Lake hut and Watts Lake. Watts Lake is in the background.
Photographer: Jones, Robert T (Bob)

Map

Source

Location Method:

Topographic data

Source Name:

Vestfold Hills Topographic GIS Dataset

Source Identifier:

vest_hills_gis

Source Scale:

1:5000

Source Institution:

Australian Antarctic Division

Source Person:

Brolsma

Source Publisher:

Australian Antarctic Division

Remote sensing:

Not Applicable

Comments

Metadata for coordinates and origin of topographic data.

Approval status

Status:

Official

Date approved:

27-Nov-1973

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