Graticule Lake
Graticule Lake | ||
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Geographical location | Princess Elisabeth Land , East Antarctica | |
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Coordinates | 68 ° 34 '55 " S , 78 ° 29' 34" E | |
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Altitude above sea level | 22 m | |
surface | 1.26 km² |
The Graticule Lake (from English graticule 'grid, grid' ) is a round lake with a diameter of 200 m on the Ingrid Christensen coast of the East Antarctic Princess Elisabeth Land . It is there in the Vestfold Mountains .
The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named it so because a crossing point is in the grid of a map on a scale of 1: 50,000 in the southeast of the lake.
Web links
- Graticule Lake in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)