SCAR Gazetteer Information: Each place can have one or more entries in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer, dependant on its origin. By viewing an individual entry, you may see multiple references to the same place. SCAR uses a more general feature type coding, so each place will, in general, have multiple feature types.

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Name Latitude Longitude Feature Type
Ardley Lake (GBR) 62° 12' 45.2" S 58° 56' 25.6" W Water body
Name ID: 135189 Place ID: 16400

c. 100m long, largest and only permanent lake on W side of Ardley Island off E coast of Fildes Peninsula, King George Island. Within Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 150, Ardley Island. Named in association with the island. Ardli, Ozero (Swe) 1970, Lake Ardley, (Rus) 1973, Laguna Ripamonti (Chl) 1984, Yue Ya Lake (Chn) 1986, Ardleysee ((Ger) 1988. (APC 2007).

Yueya Hu (CHN) 62° 12' 47.1" S 58° 56' 22.5" W Water body
Name ID: 106771 Place ID: 16400

This is a small lake on the southern moss land of the Adelie Island. It is formed by the melted snow water in summer. It was named when aerial photos surveying and mapping in 1986.

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