Depot Lake

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Geographical location Princess Elisabeth Land , East Antarctica
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Coordinates 68 ° 34 '23 "  S , 78 ° 21' 42"  E Coordinates: 68 ° 34 '23 "  S , 78 ° 21' 42"  O
Depot Lake (Antarctica)
Depot Lake
Altitude above sea level 8.3  m
length 600 m

The Depot Lake is about 600 m long and irregularly shaped lake on the Ingrid Christensen Coast of the East Antarctic Princess Elisabeth country . It is in the Vestfold Mountains

Scientists from the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions set up a depot here in 1978 . The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named the lake in 1983.

literature

  • John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 1, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 420 (English)

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