Mercer Subglacial Lake

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

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

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Place ID: 20100
Name ID: 139153

Feature type: Water body

Origin

This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

A subglacial lake within Mercer Ice Stream, on the Gould Coast. c.136km² but very shallow.

Named For

Named by US-ACAN in association with Mercer Ice Stream and Mercer Ice Ridge.

Location

Latitude:
84° 39' 15.0" S
-84.65417°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
149° 29' 48.0" W
-149.49667°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica, Howat et al. 2018
Source Identifier:
REMA 100m mosaic
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Polar Geospatial Center
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
31-Jan-2019

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