Lyell Lake
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| Geographical location | South Georgia | |
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| Coordinates | 54 ° 19 ′ 23 ″ S , 36 ° 35 ′ 5 ″ W | |
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The Lyell Lake is a lake in Georgia . It is located on the eastern flank of the Lyell Glacier . The moraine-lined lake has a number of terraces above the current lake level , which suggest that the water levels in the lake were previously higher.
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1991 based on the naming of the neighboring glacier. Its namesake is the British geologist Charles Lyell (1797–1875).
Web links
- Lyell Lake in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Lyell Lake on geographic.org (English)