SCAR Composite Gazetteer

Tassie Lake

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

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

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Place ID: 14444
Name ID: 1233

Origin

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

Narrative

A lake north-west of Club Lake, Vestfold Hills. It is the westernmost of two lakes of similar size and lies on the route between Davis and Platcha.

Named For

So named because its shape resembles that of Tasmania.

Location

Latitude:

68° 32' 29.4" S

-68.54150°

Accurate to 30m

Longitude:

78° 13' 05.2" E

78.21811°

Accurate to 30m

Altitude:

-2.9 m

Accurate to 5m

Images

©Richard 'Tubby' Seton 2009

Catalogue id: IA22008
Caption: Tassie Lake, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1000 feet. Looking Southwest.
Photographer: Seton, Richard

Map

Source

Location Method:

Topographic data

Source Name:

Vestfold Hills Topographic GIS Dataset

Source Identifier:

vest_hills_gis

Source Scale:

1:5000

Source Institution:

Australian Antarctic Division

Source Person:

Brolsma

Source Publisher:

Australian Antarctic Division

Remote sensing:

Not Applicable

Comments

Metadata for coordinates and origin of topographic data.

Approval status

Status:

Official

Date approved:

27-Nov-1973

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