SCAR Composite Gazetteer

Pendant Lake

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

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

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Place ID: 11054
Name ID: 1238

Origin

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

Narrative

A small lake which is only one of three in the Vestfold Hills to have the animal Paralabidocera antarctica in it. The water is fresh on top, salty underneath with a great deal of biological activity. The maximum depth of the lake is 21 m.

Named For

The lake is shaped like a pendant.

Location

Latitude:

68° 27' 43.9" S

-68.46219°

Accurate to 30m

Longitude:

78° 14' 24.7" E

78.24019°

Accurate to 30m

Altitude:

2.9 m

Accurate to 5m

Images

©Nathan Saunders 2009

Catalogue id: IA21969
Caption: Pendant Lake, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1800 feet. Looking South.
Photographer: Saunders, Nathan

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:

18-Oct-1979

Related information

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