Algal Lake
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| Geographical location | Ross Island ( Ross Archipelago , Antarctica ) | |
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| Coordinates | 77 ° 38 ′ 14 ″ S , 166 ° 26 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Algal Lake ( English for Algensee is) a small, approximately circular meltwater on Cape Evans on the west coast of the Antarctic Ross Island . It lies midway between Skua Lake and Island Lake .
The lake got its name from the biologists David T. Mason, Charles R. Goldman and Brian J. B. Wood, Jr. of the US Antarctic Research Program (USARP) , who examined it in two campaigns from 1961 to 1962 and from 1962 to 1963. They named the lake after the striking accumulations of blue-green algae remains on the leeward side of the lake.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Algal Lake ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved January 29, 2014.