Basin Lake (Antarctica)
| Basin Lake | ||
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| Geographical location | Prince Albert Mountains , Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
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| Coordinates | 76 ° 9 '14 " S , 161 ° 56' 12" O | |
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The Basin Lake (from English basin , basin, shell, cauldron ' ) is a lake in East Antarctic Victoria Land . It is the largest lake in the region in the Prince Albert Mountains, unofficially known as the Mawson Oasis , and is located immediately east of Mount Murray and north of the Mawson Glacier .
Scientists from a campaign of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition carried out from 1962 to 1963 gave it its descriptive name.
Web links
- Basin Lake in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 1 and 2, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , pp. 131 and 1014 (English).