Mossel Lake
| Mossel Lake | ||
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| Geographical location | Princess Elisabeth Land , East Antarctica | |
| Tributaries | Tierney Creek | |
| Drain | Tierney Creek | |
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| Coordinates | 68 ° 38 ′ 21 ″ S , 78 ° 17 ′ 40 ″ E | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 26 m | |
The Mossel Lake is an irregularly shaped lake with a diameter of about 300 meters on the Ingrid Christensen Coast of the East Antarctic Princess Elisabeth country . It is surrounded by low hills in the Vestfold Mountains .
The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named it in 1983 ostensibly after the mosses on the east bank .
Web links
- Mossel Lake 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