Lake Gardo
Lake Gardo | ||
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Geographical location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
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Coordinates | 74 ° 58 '12 " S , 162 ° 30' 30" O | |
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Altitude above sea level | 174 m | |
length | 90 m | |
width | 50 m | |
Maximum depth | 1.5 m |
The Lago Gardo ( Italian is) a 90 m long, 50 m wide and 1.5 m deep sea at the Scott-coast of the east Antarctic Victoria Land . It is located 2.8 km northeast of Mount Gerlache on the northeast flank of the Larsen Glacier above Terra Nova Bay .
Vittorio Libera explored the lake on an Italian Antarctic expedition that ran from 1988 to 1989. He named it after Edgardo "Gardo" Baldi (1899–1951), the first director of the first institute for hydrobiology in Italy.
Web links
- Gardo, Lago in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)