Lake Jack

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

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

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Place ID: 7022
Name ID: 1226

Feature type: Water body

Origin

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

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A cigar shaped lake just to the north of Blundell Peak in the Larsemann Hills. A field campsite was set up at this lake by members of the 1986-87 ANARE Field Party to allow biological work on a pair of lakes named "Jack" and "Jill" after the nursery rhyme characters. There is an associated hill called Tumbledown Hill.

Named For

One of a pair of lakes named after nursery rhyme characters.

Location

Latitude:
69° 25' 22.5" S
-69.42291°
Accurate to 25m
Longitude:
76° 06' 10.8" E
76.10300°
Accurate to 25m
Altitude:
69 m
Accurate to 10m

Images


©Adam Christensen 2009
Catalogue id
IA21791
Caption
Lake Jack, 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:
24-Nov-1987

Related information

Biodiversity
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Place names
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