Walcott Lake
| Walcott Lake | ||
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| Geographical location | Royal Society Range , Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Tributaries | Alph River , Walcott South Stream , Walcott North Stream | |
| Drain | Alph River | |
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| Coordinates | 78 ° 17 ′ 0 ″ S , 163 ° 28 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| surface | 1.5 km² | |
The Walcott Lake is a lake 2.1 km east of the lower end of Walcott Glacier in East Antarctic Victoria Land . It is located in the Royal Society Range in close proximity to the Scott Coast and is part of the Alph River system .
The New Zealand Geographic Board named it in 1994 in connection with the glacier of the same name after the American paleontologist Charles Walcott (1850-1927), director of the United States Geological Survey (1894-1907) and secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (1907-1928).
Web links
- Walcott Lake in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Walcott Lake on geographic.org