Ajmonecat lake
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| Map of Deception Island with Lake Ajmonecat on the edge of the Telefon Ridge | ||
| Geographical location | Deception Island , South Shetland Islands | |
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 55 ′ 20 ″ S , 60 ° 40 ′ 40 ″ W | |
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Lake Ajmonecat is a small and circular lake with a diameter of 255 m on Deception Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It was formed by volcanic activity between 1967 and 1969 and is located 250 m northeast of Stancomb Cove .
The Comitato per i nomi geografici antartici ( German- Italian committee for Antarctic geographical names ) named him after the frigate captain Giovanni Ajmone Cat (1934-2007), who undertook two Antarctic expeditions (1969-1971 and 1973-1974) with his felucca San Giuseppe II in 1969 after the volcanic eruption also visited Deception Island.
Web links
- Ajmonecat Lake in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Ajmonecat Lake on geographic.org (English)