Lake Discovery
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| Topographic map (1: 250,000) with Lake Discovery (top center) | ||
| Geographical location | Victoria Land East Antarctica | |
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| Coordinates | 78 ° 20 ′ 0 ″ S , 164 ° 15 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| length | 5 km | |
The Lake Discovery is a 5 km long lake on the Scott Coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It is located at the northern end of Hurricane Ridge or the western edge of the Discovery Glacier .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1999 based on the name of Mount Discovery . Its namesake is the RRS Discovery , research ship of the British Discovery Expedition (1901–1904).
Web links
- Lake Discovery in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Lake Discovery on geographic.org (English)