Nostoc Lake
Nostoc Lake is a lake lying 1 nautical mile southwest of Mount Provender in the west part of the Shackleton Range. It was first mapped in 1957 by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition and given the generic name of the freshwater alga found growing in the lake.- Lake
- …has a surface elevation of around 410 metres (1,360 feet)
- Description: antarctic lake
Places of Interest
Highlights include Provender, Mount.
Provender, Mount
Peak
Mount Provender is a conspicuous rock mountain, 900… Provender, Mount is situated 3 km northeast of Nostoc Lake.
Nostoc Lake
- Category: body of water
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-80.40048° or 80° 24′ 2″ south
Longitude
-30.07008° or 30° 4′ 12″ west
Open location code
29FFHWXH+RX
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Venetian—“Nostoc Lake” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Nostoc Lake”
- Chinese: “諾斯托克湖”
- German: “Nostoc Lake”
- Italian: “Lago Nostoc”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nostoc Lake”
- Swedish: “Nostoc Lake”
- Venetian: “lago Nostoc”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Gavrilova, gora and Gass, Mount.
Antarctica: Highlights
Learn more about Livingston Island and Villa Las Estrellas.
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