SCAR Composite Gazetteer

Johnstone Lake

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

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

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Place ID: 7192
Name ID: 1263

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 about 4.5 km WNW from Platcha. The lake is basically oval in shape, and is some 500 m long by 200 m across. It is surrounded by a well developed marine terrace. The lake's water is hypersaline.

Named For

Named after Gavin Johnstone, Antarctic Division Biologist, who was involved with scientific research in the Vestfold Hills and wrote an important monograph on the biology of the area.

Location

Latitude:

68° 29' 39.1" S

-68.49419°

Accurate to 30m

Longitude:

78° 24' 25.2" E

78.40700°

Accurate to 30m

Altitude:

-8 m

Accurate to 5m

Images

©Belinda Reynolds 2009

Catalogue id: IA21907
Caption: Johnstone Lake, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1200 feet. Looking Southwest.
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:

7-Mar-1991

Related information

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