Relict Lake
Relict Lake is a small lake lying southeast of Pendulum Cove on Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands. So named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1957 because when Lieutenant E.N.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Crimson Hill and Pond, Mount.
Crimson Hill
Peak
Crimson Hill is a prominent, ice-free hill, 95 metres high, on the south side of Pendulum Cove, Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands. It was so named in 1829 by the British expedition under Foster, because there was a prominent stratum of brickstone in the hill.
Pond, Mount
Peak
Mount Pond is a peak, 550 m in height, standing 2.8 km east-south-east of Pendulum Cove, on Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica.
Goddard Hill
Peak
Bynon Hill is an ice-covered, dome-shaped hill with two rounded summits, 340 metres high, standing 1.5 nautical miles north of Pendulum Cove, Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The name appears on an Argentine government chart of 1953.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aguirre Cerda Research Station.
Aguirre Cerda Research Station
Locality
Photo: Jorval, Public domain.
President Pedro Aguirre Cerda Station was a Chilean Antarctic base, located at Pendulum Cove in Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands, inaugurated in 1955.
Relict Lake
- Type: Lake
- Description: body of water
- Category: body of water
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-62.9442° or 62° 56′ 39″ southLongitude
-60.59253° or 60° 35′ 33″ westElevation
156 metres (512 feet)Open location code
379X3C44+8XOpenStreetMap ID
way 224764191OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lakeGeoNames ID
6624037Wikidata ID
Q7311065
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Relict Lake” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Relict Lake”
- Chinese: “殘餘湖”
- Chinese: “里利克特湖”
- German: “Relict Lake”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Relict Lake”
- Swedish: “Relict Lake”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Station B and Station P.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include ASPA-140G Pendulum Cove and ASPA-140H Mount Pond.
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