SCAR Composite Gazetteer

Lake Farrell

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

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

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Place ID: 4474
Name ID: 1266

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 about 0.8km south-east of the eastern end of Ekho Lake on Broad Peninsula in the Vestfold Hills. It is an important landmark on the route from Davis to Platcha. Named after L M Farrell, weather observer at Davis in 1970.

Named For

L M Farrell, weather observer at Davis in 1970

Location

Latitude:

68° 31' 42.2" S

-68.52839°

Accurate to 30m

Longitude:

78° 18' 47.5" E

78.31319°

Accurate to 30m

Altitude:

-0.2 m

Accurate to 5m

Images

©Richard 'Tubby' Seton 2009

Catalogue id: IA21918
Caption: Lake Farrell, 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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