Elephant Lake

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

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

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Place ID: 20326
Name ID: 140187

Feature type: Water body

Origin

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

Narrative

A steep sided lake to the immediate north of Lichen Lake in the Vestfold Hills.

Named For

Looks like an elephant's head in profile, with a trunk to the west and an ear to the north.

Location

Latitude:
68° 28' 20.0" S
-68.47223°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
78° 26' 09.9" E
78.43609°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Satellite Image
Source Name:
Digital Globe Imagery
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
J. Fleming
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
31-Mar-2021

Related information

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Place names
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