SCAR Composite Gazetteer

Lake Blundell

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

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

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Place ID: 1491
Name ID: 1202

Origin

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

Narrative

A lake on the southern side of Blundell Peak in the Larsemann Hills from which it is named.

Named For

Anthony Blundell was the radio operator-in-charge at Mawson in 1968 who took part in a survey commencing at the Larsemann Hills in 1967/68.

Location

Latitude:

69° 25' 38.0" S

-69.42721°

Accurate to 25m

Longitude:

76° 06' 33.7" E

76.10935°

Accurate to 25m

Altitude:

87 m

Accurate to 10m

Images

©Adam Christensen 2009

Catalogue id: IA21785
Caption: Lake Blundell, Larsemann Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1200 feet. Looking Southeast.
Photographer: Christensen, Adam

Map

Source

Location Method:

Unknown

Source Name:

Larsemann Hills 1:25000 Topographic GIS Dataset

Source Identifier:

Lars25K

Source Scale:

1:25000

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:

24-Nov-1987

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