SCAR Composite Gazetteer

Lake Bruehwiler

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

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

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Place ID: 1943
Name ID: 1203

Origin

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

Narrative

A small round lake nestled in a wedge between two hills about 1.3 km south-west of Law Base in the Larsemann Hills.

Named For

Named after Albert Bruehwiler, Plant Inspector at Davis in 1986, who greatly assisted with the establishment of Law Base.

Location

Latitude:

69° 23' 58.3" S

-69.39953°

Accurate to 25m

Longitude:

76° 21' 14.0" E

76.35389°

Accurate to 25m

Altitude:

83 m

Accurate to 10m

Images

©Adam Christensen 2009

Catalogue id: IA21786
Caption: Lake Bruehwiler, Larsemann Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1500 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:

29-Sep-1988

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