Medusa Lake (Antarctica)
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| Medusa Lake | |
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  Medusa Lake | |
| Location | Princess Elizabeth Land, East Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 68°34′39″S 78°14′48″E / 68.57750°S 78.24667°ECoordinates: 68°34′39″S 78°14′48″E / 68.57750°S 78.24667°E |
| Surface area | 16 hectares (40 acres) |
| Surface elevation | 28 metres (92 ft) |
The Medusa Lake is a slightly brackish lake on the Ingrid Christensen Coast of the Princess Elizabeth Land in East Antarctica. In the Vestfold Hills, the lake is located east of the , with which the lake is temporarily connected via a 1 m wide and 0.5 m deep canal. Its bank length is 3.5 km.
The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named the lake in 2006 Medusa Lake because of the similarity of its shape to a medusa.
Literature[]
- John Stewart: Antarctica – An Encyclopedia. Bd. 2, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6, p. 1022
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- Ingrid Christensen Coast
- Lakes of Princess Elizabeth Land
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