Name details

Algal Lake

Algal Lake (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Algal Lake  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 139329

Feature type: Water body

Origin

This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A small, roughly circular meltwater lake about midway between Skua Lake and Island Lake on Cape Evans, Ross Island. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-MF13

Named For

Named by USARP biologists David T. Mason, Charles R. Goldman and Brian J.B. Wood, Jr., who studied the lake in the 1961-62 and 1962-63 seasons. The name derives from the striking mat of blue-green algal remains around the leeward edge of the lake.

Location

Latitude:
77° 38' 14.0" S
-77.63721°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
166° 26' 04.5" E
166.43458°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
10 m
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
McMurdo Dry Valleys LiDAR 2014-15
Source Identifier:
NCALM_DV_LiDAR_CapeRoydsEvans_1m
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM)
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
15-Jul-1971

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