SCAR Composite Gazetteer

Deep Lake Tarn

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

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

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Place ID: 3471
Name ID: 2518

Origin

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

Narrative

A permanent freshwater body in the Vestfold Hills with a maximum depth of 45 cm and a surface area of 6300 sq m. The lake is roughly round in shape.

Named For

in association with Deep Lake

Location

Latitude:

68° 33' 16.9" S

-68.55469°

Accurate to 30m

Longitude:

78° 11' 08.9" E

78.18581°

Accurate to 30m

Altitude:

-38 m

Accurate to 5m

Images

©Nathan Saunders 2009

Catalogue id: IA21880
Caption: Deep Lake Tarn, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1500 feet. Looking South.
Photographer: Saunders, Nathan

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:

18-Oct-1979

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