Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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High Lake (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
High 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.
A small lake to the south-west of Low lake and due west of East Lake. At 40 m it is the highest lake at Cape Denison. The lake lies about 725 m ESE from Mawson's main hut.
A descriptive name. The feature was named by Douglas Mawson during the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 and appears on official maps of the expedition.
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