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Maivatn: Antarctica
SOURCE: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA
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This page presents the geographical name data for Maivatn in Antarctica, as supplied by the US military intelligence in electronic format, including the geographic coordinates and place name in various forms, latin, roman and native characters, and its location in its respective country's administrative division

Feature Name (see definition): Maivatn

Feature Class (see definition): Lake

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 9311

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 54° 15' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 036° 31' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -54.25

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -36.5166667

Elevation (see definition): 39

Decision Year (see definition): No data

Description (see definition): A lake near the head of Maiviken (q.v.) in northern Thatcher Peninsula, South Georgia. The feature is the largest and deepest (39 m) of several small freshwater lakes in the Maiviken area. Named Maivatn (May lake) by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1990 in association with Maiviken.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

NOTE: The information regarding Maivatn in Antarctica on this page is published from the data supplied by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, a member of the Intelligence community of the Antarctica, and a Department of Defense (DoD) Combat Support Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Maivatn information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Maivatn should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.


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