Hanging Lake (Antarctica)
Hanging Lake | ||
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Geographical location | Mac Robertson Land , East Antarctica | |
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Coordinates | 67 ° 42 ′ S , 63 ° 1 ′ E | |
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Altitude above sea level | 412 m | |
length | 300 km | |
width | 100 km | |
Maximum depth | 2.5 m |
The Hanging Lake ( English for Hanging Lake ) is a 300 m long, 100 m wide, in the middle 2.5 m deep and permanently frozen lake in the East Antarctic Mac Robertson Land . It's in the Framnes Mountains .
The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named it in 2005 after its relative geographic location to neighboring Lake Henderson .
Web links
- Hanging Lake in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)