Dairi Ike
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| Geographical location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
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| Coordinates | 69 ° 41 ′ 0 ″ S , 39 ° 20 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Dairi Ike ( transcription from Japanese 大理 池 'Marble Sea ' ) is a small lake on the Prince Harald Coast of the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It is located in the center of the Skallevikhalsen on the southeastern bank of the Lützow-Holm-Bucht .
Measurements and aerial photographs were taken by participants in a Japanese Antarctic expedition carried out from 1957 to 1959 . Japanese scientists named it in 1972 after a striking marble border .
Web links
- Dairi Ike in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)