Ekho Lake

Ekho Lake
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Geographical location	Princess Elisabeth Land , East Antarctica
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Coordinates	68 ° 31 '16 " S , 78 ° 16' 12" E Coordinates: 68 ° 31 '16 " S , 78 ° 16' 12" O
Altitude above sea level	2 m below sea level

The Ekho Lake ( English ; Russian Озеро Эхо Osero Echo , German 'Echosee' ) is a lake on the Ingrid Christensen coast of the East Antarctic Princess Elisabeth Land . In the Vestfold Mountains , it is 2 km north of Club Lake in the north of the Breidnes Peninsula .

Aerial photographs were taken during the US operation Highjump (1946–1947), during a Soviet Antarctic expedition in 1956 and during the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions in 1957 and 1958. Russian scientists named him. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia transferred this designation in 1973 in a partial translation into English.

literature

John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 1, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 484 (English)