Alga Lake
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| Geographical location | George V Coast , East Antarctica | |
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| Coordinates | 67 ° 0 ′ 34 " S , 142 ° 40 ′ 10" E | |
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The Alga Lake (English for Algensee ) is a small, oval lake on the East Antarctic George V coast . It is east of Round Lake and Long Lake , west of Beryl Hill and around 360 m east-southeast of the largest of the Mawson's Huts on Cape Denison .
The Australian polar explorer Douglas Mawson named him during the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-1914). The official recognition of this designation took place on March 7, 1991 by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia .
Web links
- Alga Lake in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 1, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 25 (English).