SCAR Composite Gazetteer

Shield Lake

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

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

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Place ID: 13169
Name ID: 1284

Origin

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

Narrative

A lake, shaped like a shield in plan, just south of Ekho Lake on Broad Peninsula, Vestfold Hills. The lake was one of several lakes investigated by ANARE biologists wintering at Davis in 1974.

Named For

The lake is shaped like a shield in plan view.

Location

Latitude:

68° 31' 48.0" S

-68.53000°

Accurate to 30m

Longitude:

78° 15' 54.0" E

78.26500°

Accurate to 30m

Altitude:

-7.5 m

Accurate to 5m

Images

©Nathan Saunders 2009

Catalogue id: IA21989
Caption: Shield Lake, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1500 feet. Looking North.
Photographer: Saunders, Nathan

Map

Source

Location Method:

Topographic data

Source Name:

Vestfold Hills Topographic GIS Dataset

Source Identifier:

Metadata ( vest_hills_gis - Vestfold Hills 1:25000 Topographic GIS Dataset )

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-Aug-1975

Related information

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