Lake degli Skua
Lake degli Skua | ||
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Geographical location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
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Coordinates | 74 ° 42 ′ 6 ″ S , 164 ° 6 ′ 6 ″ O | |
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Altitude above sea level | 110 m | |
length | 70 m | |
width | 50 m | |
Maximum depth | 2 m |
The Lago degli Skua is a 70 m long and 50 m wide lake on the Scott Coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It is located 12 km east of Mount Abbott and 1.3 km south-southwest of the Mario Zucchelli station on Terra Nova Bay .
The Italian polar explorer Vittorio Liberia named it in 1988 after the numerous Antarctic kuas found here .
Web links
- Skua, Lago degli in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)