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)
Algae Lake (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Algae 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:
A lake in the southern part of the Bunger Hills, Knox Coast in Wilkes Land. Photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1956.
Named after the algae found in the lake.
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