Amphitheater Lake
| Amphitheater Lake | ||
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| Geographical location | Nye Mountains , Enderbyland , East Antarctica | |
| Drain | Rayner Glacier | |
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| Coordinates | 68 ° 6 ′ 0 ″ S , 48 ° 45 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| length | 3 km | |
| width | 3 km | |
The Amphitheater Lake is a meltwater lake in East Antarctic Enderbyland . It is located in the western part of the Amphitheater Peaks in the Nye Mountains . The lake is almost completely enclosed by cliffs and ice cliffs, which give it the eponymous appearance of an amphitheater . At the western end it has a drain to the Rayner Glacier .
Aerial photographs of the lake were taken in 1956 as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions . An airborne unit from this series of expeditions visited the lake in 1958. It was given the descriptive name by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA).
Web links
- Amphitheater Lake in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Amphitheater Lake on geographic.org (English)