Lake Jabs

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

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

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Place ID: 7012
Name ID: 127011

Feature type: Water body (11)

Origin

This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A small lake next east of Club Lake in the central part of Breidnes Peninsula, Vestfold Hills. The area was photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47), ANARE (1954-58) and the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1956). Named by ANCA after B.V. Jabs, weather observer at the nearby Davis Station in 1961.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
68° 33' 00.0" S
-68.55000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
78° 15' 00.0" E
78.25000°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images


©Nathan Saunders 2009
Catalogue id
IA21923
Caption
Lake Jabs, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1400 feet. Looking East.
Photographer
Saunders, Nathan

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1970

Related information

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