SCAR Composite Gazetteer

Lake Fletcher

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

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

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Place ID: 4723
Name ID: 1244

Origin

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

Narrative

This curious salt lake in the Vestfold Hills has a connection with the sea. It is hypersaline and stratified, that is the upper water is always fresher than the lower water.

Named For

Named for Dr Lloyd Fletcher, Medical Officer at Davis in 1978 who assisted with the water sampling program in spite of difficult weather conditions.

Location

Latitude:

68° 27' 05.8" S

-68.45161°

Accurate to 30m

Longitude:

78° 15' 24.8" E

78.25689°

Accurate to 30m

Altitude:

0.2 m

Accurate to 5m

Images

©Belinda Reynolds 2009

Catalogue id: IA21919
Caption: Lake Fletcher, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1200 feet. Looking Northwest.
Photographer: Reynolds, Belinda

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:

26-Jul-1983

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