SCAR Composite Gazetteer

Lake Gillieson

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

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

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Place ID: 5330
Name ID: 1225

Origin

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

Narrative

A lake located on the eastern side of Stornes Peninsula and lying about 1.2 km north-east of Blundell Peak in the Larsemann Hills.Named after David Gillieson, Limnologist, University of New South Wales, who was a member of the 1987 Law Base Summer Field Party.

Named For

Location

Latitude:

69° 25' 06.9" S

-69.41857°

Accurate to 25m

Longitude:

76° 07' 38.3" E

76.12730°

Accurate to 25m

Altitude:

57 m

Accurate to 10m

Images

©Adam Christensen 2009

Catalogue id: IA21790
Caption: Lake Gillieson, Larsemann Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1700 feet. Looking West.
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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