SCAR Composite Gazetteer

Plough Lake

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

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

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Place ID: 18725
Name ID: 2605

Origin

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

Narrative

A lake measuring about 0.8 by 0.3 kms about 1.3 kms east from Kemp Peak. The lake is roughly triangular in shape. It drains from it northern end into Stillwell Lake via a channel that flows infrequently.

Named For

Named for its shape which resembles an old fashioned plough blade.

Location

Latitude:

67° 25' 35.5" S

-67.42653°

Accurate to 100m

Longitude:

59° 25' 53.5" E

59.43153°

Accurate to 100m

Altitude:

Not recorded

Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:

Satellite Image

Source Name:

Landsat 7

Source Identifier:

Source Scale:

1:20000

Source Institution:

Australian Antarctic Division

Source Person:

Brolsma

Source Publisher:

USGS

Remote sensing:

Landsat 7 / LIMA E149_CIR_432_1X Aerial photo ANTC1037/Run6/Frame108 captured 22/01/1997

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:

Official

Date approved:

12-Mar-1992

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