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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Hidden Lake (GBR) | 64° 02' 00.0" S | 58° 17' 30.0" W | Water body |
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Name ID: 109307
Place ID: 6353
S of Holluschickie Bay, James Ross Island, was surveyed by FIDS from "Hope Bay" in December 1945 and named descriptively, the lake being obscured by surrounding high land (APC, 1955, p.12; BAS 250 sheet SQ 21-22/1 (Ext.), 1-DOS 1974). Lago Escondído [translation of English name] (Cordini, 1955, p.64). An Argentine refuge hut, called "San Juán" [=St John], was established to SW of the lake by personnel from "Esperanza", 9 October 1959. "Refugio San Juán"(Pierrou, 1970, p.650). Lago Hiden [sic](Malagnino and others, 1978, map p.491). |
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| Hidden Lake (USA) | 64° 02' 00.0" S | 58° 18' 00.0" W | Water body |
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Name ID: 126514
Place ID: 6353
Lake, 1.5 mi long, lying midway between Lagrelius Point and Cape Obelisk in the W part of James Ross Island. It drains by a small stream into the deep bay 4 mi S of Lagrelius Point. Discovered in 1945 by the FIDS, who so named it because it is obscured by surrounding highlands. |
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