SCAR Composite Gazetteer

Lake Burgess

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

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

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Place ID: 2070
Name ID: 1204

Origin

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

Narrative

A branched lake in a wide open area of land about 1.3 km north-east from Blundell Peak in the Larsemann Hills.

Named For

Named after Jim Burgess, Limnologist, University of New South Wales who was a member of the 1987 summer field party at Law Base.

Location

Latitude:

69° 24' 53.9" S

-69.41498°

Accurate to 25m

Longitude:

76° 07' 45.1" E

76.12918°

Accurate to 25m

Altitude:

57 m

Accurate to 10m

Images

©Adam Christensen 2009

Catalogue id: IA21787
Caption: Lake Burgess, Larsemann Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1500 feet. Looking Southwest.
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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