Balham Lake
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| Geographical location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
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| Coordinates | 77 ° 25 '40 " S , 160 ° 57' 56" E | |
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Balham Lake is a small lake near the center of the Balham Valley in East Antarctic Victoria Land .
The lake was named after the American geologist Parker E. Calkin (1933-2017) in 1964 , who named it after the surrounding valley. This in turn is named after Ronald (Ron) Walter Balham (1921-1999), a geologist of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958), who between 1957 and 1958 was the first to carry out biological studies of the freshwater occurrence in this area.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Balham Lake ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved January 31, 2014.
- ^ Balham Valley ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved January 31, 2014.