Terrace Lake

Terrace Lake
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Geographical location	Ross Island ( Ross Islands , Antarctica )
Data
Coordinates	77 ° 34 '39 "  S , 166 ° 16' 54"  E Coordinates: 77 ° 34 '39 "  S , 166 ° 16' 54"  E
particularities	permanently frozen over

The Terrace Lake ( English for terrace lake ) is one of the numerous frozen small freshwater lakes on the Antarctic Ross Island . The elongated lake is around one kilometer from Cape Barne removed in one of Barne Glacier formed moraine valley .

The discovery is awarded to participants of the Nimrod expedition (1907-1909) under the direction of the British polar explorer Ernest Shackleton . The lake owes its name to its location.

See also

• List of geographical objects discovered during the Nimrod expedition

Web links

• Terrace Lake in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
• Terrace Lake on geographic.org