Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Patterned Lake (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Patterned 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.
The lake is a pear shaped, permanently frozen epiglacial lake on the edge of the plateau, with an approximate area of 20.5 ha. It is at the extreme northern and central end of the Central Masson Range.
The lake ice surface is composed of prominent mega crystals not seen on the other epiglacial lakes in the Framnes Mountains. These crystals form patterns in the ice, hence the name "Patterned Lake".
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