Boeckella lake
| Boeckella lake | ||
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| Geographical location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Drain | Eagle Cove | |
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| Coordinates | 63 ° 24 ′ 15 " S , 56 ° 59 ′ 56" W | |
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Lake Boeckella is a small lake at the northeastern end of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located 0.5 km south of Hope Bay in the Five Lakes Valley and drains into Eagle Cove via a small stream .
The lake was discovered and named by participants in the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1901–1903) led by Otto Nordenskjöld . It is named after the copepods of the genus Boeckella that can be found here .
Web links
- Lake Boeckella in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Lake Boeckella on geographic.org (English)