Chelnok Lake

Chelnok Lake
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Geographical location	Princess Elisabeth Land , East Antarctica
Drain	Chelnok Falls
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Coordinates	68 ° 38 '44 " S , 78 ° 20' 26" O Coordinates: 68 ° 38 '44 " S , 78 ° 20' 26" O
Altitude above sea level	37.72 m

The Chelnok Lake ( English ; Russian Озеро Челнок Osero Tschelnok ) is a lake fed by melt water on the Ingrid Christensen coast of the East Antarctic Princess Elisabeth Land . It lies between the Sørsdal glacier and the southern part of the Vestfold Mountains . The Chelnok Falls form its drain.

Aerial photographs were taken during the US operation Deep Freeze (1946–1947), in 1956 during a Soviet Antarctic expedition and in 1957 and 1958 during the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions . The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia translated the Russian name into English in 1973.

literature

John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 1, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 311 (English)