Starr Lake (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Starr Lake (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Water body (11)
This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
A small meltwater lake which is a source of water for McMurdo Station on Ross Island. The lake is situated in the area of constant snow cover on Hut Point Peninsula, approximately 0.5 mi N of the station and midway between First Crater and Crater Hill. The name Starr Lake came into general use at McMurdo Station for this feature in the early 1970s. It is named after James W. Starr, steelworker, USN, who was closely associated with the development of the lake as a source of station water.
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