Deep Lake (Princess Elisabeth Land)

Deep Lake
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Geographical location	Princess Elisabeth Land , East Antarctica
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Coordinates	68 ° 33 '36 " S , 78 ° 11' 45" O Coordinates: 68 ° 33 '36 " S , 78 ° 11' 45" O
Altitude above sea level	50.6 m below sea level
length	1.5 km
Maximum depth	36 m

The Deep Lake ( English for Lower Lake ) is a nearly square lake with a diameter of 1.5 km at the Ingrid Christensen Coast of the East Antarctic Princess Elisabeth country . It is located about 9 km east-northeast of Davis Station . It is 36 m deep and one of the two salt water lakes in the Vestfold Mountains . The lower 15 m have a constant water temperature of −14 ° C. It is one of a series of lakes that are spread along the west side of the Breidnes Peninsula .

Norwegian cartographers mapped it in 1946 using aerial photographs of the Lars Christensen Expedition in 1936/37 . A team led by the Australian polar explorer Phillip Law first visited him in January 1955 as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions . The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named it descriptively on April 29, 1958.

literature

John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 1, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , pp. 413-414 (English)