Fryxellsee

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fryxellsee
Fryxellsee Opt.jpg
Geographical location Taylor Valley , Antarctic Dry Valleys , Victoria Land , East Antarctica
Tributaries Crescent Stream , Harnish Creek , Aiken Creek , Von Guerard Creek
Drain none
Islands Moraine islands
Places on the shore Lake Fryxell Camp, Lake Fryxell Hut
Data
Coordinates 77 ° 36 '39 "  S , 163 ° 9' 9"  E Coordinates: 77 ° 36 '39 "  S , 163 ° 9' 9"  E
Fryxellsee (Antarctica)
Fryxellsee
Altitude above sea level 18  m
surface 7.8 km²
length 5.8 km
width 2.1 km
volume 25,200,000 m³
Maximum depth 20 m
Middle deep 3.2 m
Catchment area 230 km²

particularities

endorheic lake

Template: Infobox Lake / Maintenance / EVIDENCE AREA Template: Infobox Lake / Maintenance / EVIDENCE LAKE WIDTH Template: Infobox Lake / Maintenance / EVIDENCE VOLUME Template: Infobox Lake / Maintenance / EVIDENCE MAX DEPTH Template: Infobox Lake / Maintenance / EVIDENCE -MED-DEEP template: Infobox See / Maintenance / DETECTED Catchment Area

The Fryxellsee ( English Lake Fryxell ) is an approximately four and a half kilometer long meromictic lake between the Canada and the Commonwealth glaciers in Victoria Land in the east of the Antarctic continent . It is located in the Taylor Valley of the Antarctic Dry Valleys . The Fryxellsee was discovered and mapped by the Terra Nova Expedition (1910 to 1913) under Sir Robert Falcon Scott and named in 1957 after Fritiof M. Fryxell (1900-1986), a glacial geologist from Augustana College in Illinois ( USA ) .

Like many other Antarctic lakes, the lake is also home to large numbers of prokaryotic creatures .

Web links

Commons : Lake Fryxell  - collection of images, videos and audio files