Clear Lake (Ross Island)
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| Geographical location | Ross Island ( Ross Archipelago , Antarctica ) | |
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| Coordinates | 77 ° 32 '30 " S , 166 ° 9' 43" O | |
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particularities |
permanently frozen over |
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The Clear Lake ( English for Clear Lake ) is the deepest of the many frozen small freshwater lakes near the Cape Royds on the Antarctic Ross Island . It is located in the west-northwest area of Blue Lake .
The lake was mapped by participants in the Nimrod expedition (1907-1909) under the direction of the British polar explorer Ernest Shackleton .
See also
Web links
- Clear Lake in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Clear Lake on geographic.org (English)