Radok Lake
| Radok Lake | ||
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| Geographical location | Prince Charles Mountains , Mac Robertson Land, East Antarctica | |
| Tributaries | Battye glacier | |
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| Coordinates | 70 ° 52 '0 " S , 68 ° 0' 0" E | |
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| length | 6.5 km | |
The Radok Lake is a 6.5 km long lake in the Prince Charles Mountains in the East Antarctic Mac Robertson Land . It is fed by the Battye Glacier, which flows into it in the west , and is 5 km southwest of Beaver Lake and 25 km southeast of the Aramis Range .
The lake was mapped as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions using aerial photographs by the Royal Australian Air Force from 1956. It is named after the German-born meteorologist Uwe Radok (1916–2009) from the University of Melbourne , who played a key role in the Australian glaciology program in the Antarctica was involved.
Web links
- Radok Lake in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Radok Lake on geographic.org (English)