Antarctica

Canopus, Lake

The Wright Valley is a large east–west trending valley, formerly occupied by a glacier but now ice free except for at its head and Wright Lower Glacier at its mouth, in , Antarctica.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Lake
  • Description: lake in Antarctica
  • Also known as: “Lake Canopus”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Vanda, Lake and Hall Bluff.

Lake
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Lake Vanda is a in , , Ross Dependency, . The lake is 5 km long and has a maximum depth of 69 m. On its shore, maintained from 1968 to 1995.

Cliff
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.
is a prominent rock bluff, 750 metres high, that forms the east end of and marks the valley entrances to and in , , Antarctica.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vanda Station and Plane Table Glacier.

Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
was an research base in the western highlands of the Ross Dependency, specifically on the shore of , at the mouth of , in the .

Locality
is a short, tapering on the north side of Plane Table that extends part way down the south wall of , .

Locality
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
The Wright Valley is a large east–west trending valley, formerly occupied by a glacier but now ice free except for at its head and Wright Lower Glacier at its mouth, in , Antarctica.

Canopus, Lake

Latitude
-77.54643° or 77° 32′ 47″ south
Longitude
161.52671° or 161° 31′ 36″ east
Elevation
65 metres (213 feet)
Open location code
2VJ3FG3G+CM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 984157043
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­lake
Geo­Names ID
6621795
Wiki­data ID
Q6475167
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Satellite Map

Discover Canopus, Lake from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Canopus, Lake” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Canopus”
  • Chinese: “克諾珀斯湖”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “لاك كانوپوس”
  • German: “Lake Canopus”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lake Canopus”
  • Swedish: “Canopus”
  • Swedish: “Lake Canopus”
  • Welsh: “Llyn Canopus”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Canopus, Lake”. Photo: ravas51, CC BY-SA 2.0.