Hyotan Ike
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| Geographical location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
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| Coordinates | 69 ° 29 '8 " S , 39 ° 36' 45" E | |
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Hyotan Ike (from Japanese ひ ょ う た ん 池 'bottle gourd' ) is a lake on the Prince Harald Coast of Queen Maud Land in East Antarctica . It is located on the Skarvsnes peninsula on the east bank of Lützow-Holm-Bucht on the southern elevation of Kizahashi Beach .
Japanese scientists named it in 2012 based on its shape, which is reminiscent of a bottle gourd .
Web links
- Hyotan Ike in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)