Oblong Lake

Oblong Lake
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Geographical location	Princess Elisabeth Land , East Antarctica
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Coordinates	68 ° 37 ′ 37 ″ S , 78 ° 14 ′ 31 ″ E Coordinates: 68 ° 37 ′ 37 ″ S , 78 ° 14 ′ 31 ″ E
Altitude above sea level	3.6 m below sea level

The Oblong Lake (from English oblong , rectangular, elongated ' ) is a high saline salt water lake on the Ingrid Christensen coast of the East Antarctic Princess Elisabeth Land . In the Vestfold Mountains it is 1 km southeast of Lebed Lake in a small depression .

The lake is one of a series of lakes that scientists from the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions explored from Davis Station in 1974 .

literature

John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 2, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 1131 (English)