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)
Beaver Lake (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Beaver 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.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
An area of smooth ice, approximately 7 km by 22 km, at the southern end of a region of rough ice (a stagnant glacier) between two arms of a horseshoe shaped rock exposure. Situated just east of the Aramis Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Discovered by ANARE personnel in 1956.
A camp was established in the vicinity by Bruce Stinear and M. Fisher of ANARE in September, 1957, and the lake was used extensively as a landing area by ANARE Beaver aircraft, after which it was named.
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