Light Lake

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Light Lake
Geographical location Signy Island , South Orkney Islands
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Coordinates 60 ° 41 '56 "  S , 45 ° 38' 53"  W Coordinates: 60 ° 41 '56 "  S , 45 ° 38' 53"  W
Light Lake (South Orkney Islands)
Light Lake

The Light Lake is a small lake in the west of Signy Iceland in the archipelago of the South Orkney Islands . It is located 300 m east of Thulla Point .

The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the lake in 1975 after the British limnologist Jeremy James Light (* 1943), who headed the British Antarctic Survey station on Signy Island from 1970 to 1972 .

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