Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Priestley Lake (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Priestley Lake (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Water body (11)
This name originates from Italy. It is part of the Italy Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Lake (axes 120x25m; altitude 25m asl; seasonal ice covering) located 200m NE of historical "snow cave site" at Inexpressible Island. Named after R.E. Priestley, winterer at that cave (1910-13). Surveyed by V. Libera during the IV Italian Antarctic Expedition (1988-89).
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