Medusa Lake

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Medusa Lake
Geographical location Princess Elisabeth Land , East Antarctica
Data
Coordinates 68 ° 34 '39 "  S , 78 ° 14' 48"  E Coordinates: 68 ° 34 '39 "  S , 78 ° 14' 48"  E
Medusa Lake (Antarctica)
Medusa Lake
Altitude above sea level 28  m
surface 16 ha
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The Medusa Lake is a slightly brackish lake on the Ingrid Christensen Coast of the East Antarctic Princess Elisabeth country . In the Vestfold Mountains it lies east of Ephyra Lake , with which it is temporarily connected via a 1 m wide and 0.5 m deep channel. Its shore length is 3.5 km.

The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named it in 2006 because of the resemblance of its shape to a medusa .

literature

  • John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 2, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 1022 (English)

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