Lake Reynolds

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

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

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Place ID: 12083
Name ID: 1229

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.

Narrative

The largest freshwater lake on Chapman Ridge in Kemp Land. It overflows to the sea.

Named For

Named for Alan Reynolds, glaciologist, Mawson 1979 who spent several weeks dog sledding to this lake and drilling a hole through the ice to sample it

Location

Latitude:
67° 27' 29.9" S
-67.45830°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
61° 00' 00.0" E
61.00000°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images


©Greg Hemsworth 2005
Catalogue id
IA16626
Photographer
Hemsworth, Greg

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
26-Jul-1983

Related information

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