SCAR Composite Gazetteer

Cat Lake

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

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

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Place ID: 2407
Name ID: 1247

Origin

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

Narrative

A lake in the Vestfold Hills approximately 1 km long with several bays.

Named For

It appears like the shape of a cat on air photos.

Location

Latitude:

68° 34' 30.0" S

-68.57500°

Accurate to 30m

Longitude:

78° 16' 44.4" E

78.27900°

Accurate to 30m

Altitude:

27 m

Accurate to 5m

Images

©Rick Oates 2009

Catalogue id: IA21864
Caption: Cat Lake, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1600 feet. Looking North.
Photographer: Oates, Rick

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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