SCAR Composite Gazetteer

Clear Lake

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

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

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Place ID: 2745
Name ID: 1278

Origin

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

Narrative

A lake about 1 km across in the western end of Mule Peninsula, Vestfold Hills. Photographed by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37), USN Operation Highjump (1946-47), and ANARE 1956, 1957 and 1958. First visited by an ANARE party from Davis station during 1958.

Named For

So named because of the clarity of the water.

Location

Latitude:

68° 38' 22.0" S

-68.63944°

Accurate to 30m

Longitude:

77° 59' 25.0" E

77.99028°

Accurate to 30m

Altitude:

-8.4 m

Accurate to 5m

Images

©Richard 'Tubby' Seton 2009

Catalogue id: IA21871
Caption: Clear Lake, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1000 feet. Looking South.
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:

11-Aug-1958

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