Echo Falls

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Echo Falls
Coordinates 54 ° 17 '56 "  S , 36 ° 18' 4.7"  W Coordinates: 54 ° 17 '56 "  S , 36 ° 18' 4.7"  W.
Echo Falls (South Georgia)
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place South Georgia
height 25 m
Falling watercourse Echo Lake overflow
Estuarine waters Godthul

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The Rostkovia Falls are about 25 m high waterfall on South Georgia in the South Atlantic . On the Barff Peninsula , it falls from the overflow of Echo Lake into the head end of Godthul Bay .

The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 2014 after the echo that reverberates from the cliffs above the lake.

Web links

  • Echo Falls . Entry in the database of the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (English)