Lake Pantano

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Lake Pantano
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Geographical location Victoria Land , East Antarctica
Tributaries Meltwater on the eastern slopes of Mount Melbourne
Drain nameless brook to the Ross Sea
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Coordinates 74 ° 18 '47.4 "  S , 165 ° 4' 16"  O Coordinates: 74 ° 18 '47.4 "  S , 165 ° 4' 16"  O
Lago Pantano (Antarctica)
Lake Pantano
Altitude above sea level 3  m
length 90 m
width 70 m
Maximum depth 4 m
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The Lago Pantano ( Italian for mud lake ) is a 90 m long, 70 m wide and a maximum of 4 m deep sea at the Borchgrevink coast of the east Antarctic Victoria Land . It is 12 km east-northeast of the summit of Mount Melbourne and 2 km north-northwest of Edmonson Point . The north bank is covered with numerous mosses and lichens . It is fed by the meltwater from the eastern slopes of Mount Melbourne and has a drain to the Ross Sea .

Vittorio Libera examined the lake during an Italian Antarctic expedition carried out from 1988 to 1989 and named it.

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