Algae River

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Coordinates: 66 ° 18 ′  S , 100 ° 49 ′  E

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At 25 km, the Algae River is the third longest river system in Antarctica . In Wilkesland , East Antarctica , it connects a series of epiglacial lakes on the southern edge of the Bunger Hills with Algae Lake in the center. The river flows into the Transkriptsii Gulf on the Knox coast .

The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named it in 2003 based on the name of the lake of the same name.

See also

literature

  • John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 1, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 25 (English)

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