Jennings Lake
| Jennings Lake | ||
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| Geographical location | Princess Elisabeth Land East Antarctica | |
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| Coordinates | 70 ° 10 ′ 0 ″ S , 72 ° 32 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| length | 5 km | |
The Jennings Lake is a narrow and 5 km long meltwater lake on the Ingrid Christensen Coast of the East Antarctic Princess Elisabeth country . It lies at the foot of the Jennings Promontory on the eastern edge of the Amery Ice Shelf .
The American cartographer John Hobbie Roscoe (1919-2007) mapped it using aerial photographs of Operation Highjump (1946-1947). He named it based on the promontory of the same name. Its namesake is Lieutenant James C. Jennings, co-pilot and navigator on the flights of Operation Highjump.
Web links
- Jennings Lake in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Jennings Lake on geographic.org (English)