North Angle Lake

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North Angle Lake
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Geographical location Princess Elisabeth Land , East Antarctica
Data
Coordinates 68 ° 38 '25 "  S , 77 ° 54' 42"  E Coordinates: 68 ° 38 '25 "  S , 77 ° 54' 42"  O
North Angle Lake (Antarctica)
North Angle Lake
Altitude above sea level 1.2  m below sea level
length 400 m
width 150 m

particularities

Salt water lake

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The North Angle Lake ( English for North Angle Sea ) is a high saline, meromictic , 400 m long and 150 m wide lake on the Ingrid Christensen coast of the East Antarctic Princess Elisabeth Land . It is located at the western end of the Mule Peninsula in the Vestfold Mountains . The lake is crossed by a sand bank .

The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named it in 1955 after its relative location to neighboring South Angle Lake .

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