Ephyra Lake (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Ephyra Lake (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Water body
This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Ephyra Lake is a small, boomerang shaped lake to the west of Medusa Lake in the Vestfold Hills. In December 1992 the two lakes were joined by a narrow (about 1 m) and shallow (about 500 mm) connection. The maximum recorded depth of Ephyra Lake is 9 m although there may be deeper areas. Temperature and conductivity profiles of Ephyra Lake recorded in December 1992 indicated that a much saltier layer of water occurred beneath a depth of 7.5 m which was accompanied by increased water temperatures. Although the lake is occasionally connected to Medusa Lake it has a quite different salinity profile and mixing characteristics and therefore deserves to be recognised as a separate water body. Medusa Lake is named for its shape which is like a Medusa jellyfish. Ephyrae are the juvenile forms of such Medusae. The lake was named Ephyra Lake because it is close to and much smaller than Medusa Lake.
Named for its shape which is like a juvenile form (ie Ephyra) of jellyfish.
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