Parochlus Lake
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| Geographical location | South Georgia | |
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| Coordinates | 54 ° 10 ′ 15 " S , 36 ° 44 ′ 57" W | |
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The Parochlus Lake is a shallow lake in Georgia . It is located west-northwest of Husvik Harbor at the head of the Karrakatta Valley .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1991 after the mosquito species Parochlus steinenii , whose larvae colonize the shallow water zone near the lake shore.
Web links
- Parochlus Lake in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Parochlus Lake on geographic.org (English)