Skua Lake
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| Geographical location | Ross Island ( Ross Archipelago , Antarctica ) | |
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| Coordinates | 77 ° 38 ′ 0 ″ S , 166 ° 25 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Skua Lake is a lake on Cape Evans on the Antarctic Ross Island . It is northwest of Island Lake .
Participants of the British Terra Nova Expedition (1910-1913), who had set up their base camp at Cape Evans, gave the lake its name. It is named after a neighboring breeding colony of Antarctic skuas .
Web links
- Skua Lake in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Skua Lake on geographic.org (English)