Akebi Ike
| Akebi Ike | ||
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| Geographical location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
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| Coordinates | 69 ° 12 '8 " S , 39 ° 39' 9" E | |
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Akebi Ike ( Japanese あ け び 池 'Akebiensee' ) is a small lake on the Prince Harald Coast of the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It is located in the northwestern part of the Langhovde .
Surveys and aerial photographs were taken by participants in a Japanese Antarctic expedition that ran from 1957 to 1962 . Japanese scientists named it descriptively in 1972 after the similarity of its shape with the fruit of an acebia .
Web links
- Akebi Ike in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)