SCAR Composite Gazetteer

Crystal Pond

Crystal Pond (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Crystal Pond (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 3183
Name ID: 2216

Origin

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

Narrative

A small pond in the Vestfold Hills approximately 20 m in diameter on an ice covered moraine. There is a prominent ice cliff on the eastern side. The surface freezes to form long needles or crystals of ice.

Named For

descriptive as the surface freezes to form long needles or crystals of ice

Location

Latitude:

68° 37' 36.1" S

-68.62670°

Accurate to 30m

Longitude:

78° 25' 03.4" E

78.41760°

Accurate to 30m

Altitude:

68 m

Accurate to 5m

Images

©Richard 'Tubby' Seton 2009

Catalogue id: IA21876
Caption: Crystal Pond, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1400 feet. Looking West.
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:

3-Dec-1984

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