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Depot Lake

Coordinates: 68°34′23″S 78°21′42″E / 68.57300°S 78.36169°E / -68.57300; 78.36169
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Depot Lake
Depot Lake is located in Antarctica
Depot Lake
Depot Lake
LocationPrincess Elizabeth Land, East Antarctica
Coordinates68°34′23″S 78°21′42″E / 68.57300°S 78.36169°E / -68.57300; 78.36169
Surface elevation8.3 m (27 ft)

Depot Lake is an approximately 600 m (2,000 ft) long and irregularly shaped lake on the Ingrid-Christensen coast of the Princess Elisabeth Land in East Antarctica.

It is located in the Vestfold Hills where scientists from the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions established a depot here in 1978. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named the lake Depot Lake in 1983.

Literature

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  • John Stewart: Antarctica – An Encyclopedia. Bd. 1, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6, p. 420
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