Lake Polanskogo
| Lake Polanskogo | ||
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| Geographical location | Bunger Hills , Wilkesland , East Antarctica | |
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| Coordinates | 66 ° 19 ′ 6 ″ S , 100 ° 30 ′ 19 ″ E | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 14 m | |
The Lake Polanskogo ( English , also Lake Pol'anskogo , Russian Озеро Полянского Ozero Poljanskowo , German , Poljanskisee ' ) is a lake on the Knox Coast of the East Antarctic Wilke country . It is located on the southwestern edge of the Bunger Hills between these and the Apple Glacier . There are a number of small islands in the lake.
Scientists from a Soviet Antarctic expedition mapped it and named it in 1956. It is named after Alexander Polyanski, a member of the team in the arctic drift of the icebreaker Georgi Sedov between 1937 and 1938. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia translated this name into English in 1991.
Web links
- Lake Polanskogo in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)