Lake Druzhby
| Lake Druzhby | ||
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| Geographical location | Princess Elisabeth Land , East Antarctica | |
| Tributaries | Tierney River | |
| Drain | Ellis Rapids | |
| Data | ||
| Coordinates | 68 ° 35 '35 " S , 78 ° 18' 50" O | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 8.1 m | |
The Lake Druzhby ( English , Russian Озеро Дружбы Ozero Druschby , German , Freundschaftssee ' ) is a lake on the Ingrid Christensen Coast of the East Antarctic Princess Elisabeth country . It is located 3 km east of the Ellis Fjord in the south-eastern part of the Vestfold Mountains .
Aerial photographs were taken during the US operation Highjump (1946–1947), during a Soviet Antarctic expedition in 1956 and during the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions in 1957 and 1958. Russian scientists named him. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia transferred this designation in 1973 in a partial translation into English.
literature
- John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 1, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 457 (English)
Web links
- Lake Druzhby in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Map 12890: Vestfold Hills (PDF, 18.8 MB) in the Map Catalog of the Australian Antarctic Data Center, accessed on April 27, 2020