SCAR Composite Gazetteer

Murkwater Lake

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

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

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Place ID: 9984
Name ID: 1219

Origin

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

Narrative

An oval lake in the Larsemann Hills situated in a very flat valley floor, with a vertical snow and ice cliff on its northern shore.

Named For

When discovered by the 1986/87 ANARE party the water in the lake was opaque or murky and was unique in the area.

Location

Latitude:

69° 24' 53.3" S

-69.41481°

Accurate to 25m

Longitude:

76° 12' 46.6" E

76.21294°

Accurate to 25m

Altitude:

8 m

Accurate to 10m

Images

©Rick Oates 2009

Catalogue id: IA21808
Caption: Murkwater Lake, Larsemann Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1600 feet. Looking North.
Photographer: Oates, Rick

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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