Cauldron Lake
| Cauldron Lake | ||
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| Geographical location | Queen Marie Land , East Antarctica | |
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| Coordinates | 66 ° 19 ′ 19 ″ S , 100 ° 47 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| length | 500 m | |
| width | 150 m | |
The Cauldron Lake (of English cauldron , kettle ' ) is a distinctive, kidney-shaped, 500 m long and 150 m wide lake on the coast of the East Antarctic Queen Marie-country . It is located on Jones Ridge in the Obruchev Hills and borders directly on the fast-flowing Denman Glacier . The lake was created in a basin with 30 to 40 m high walls made of rock and ice.
The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named it descriptively in 1991.
Web links
- Cauldron Lake in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)