Sunk Lake
Cape Royds is a dark rock cape forming the western extremity of Ross Island, facing on McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition and named for Lieutenant Charles Royds, Royal Navy, who acted as meteorologist on the expedition.Places of Interest
Highlights include Deep Lake and Mickle Island.
Deep Lake
Lake
Deep Lake is a small elongate lake 0.5 nautical miles north of Cape Barne, Ross Island. The descriptive name was applied by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907–09.
Mickle Island
Island
Cape Royds is a dark rock cape forming the western extremity of Ross Island, facing on McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition and named for Lieutenant Charles Royds, Royal Navy, who acted as meteorologist on the expedition.
Terrace Lake
Lake
Cape Royds is a dark rock cape forming the western extremity of Ross Island, facing on McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition and named for Lieutenant Charles Royds, Royal Navy, who acted as meteorologist on the expedition.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include World Park Base.
World Park Base
Locality
World Park Base was a non-governmental year-round Antarctic base located at Cape Evans on Ross Island in the Ross Dependency. It was the only non-government Antarctic base. World Park Base is situated 8 km southeast of Sunk Lake.
Sunk Lake
- Type: Lake
- Description: small lakelet in Antarctica
- Category: body of water
- Location: Antarctica
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-77.57374° or 77° 34′ 26″ southLongitude
166.24347° or 166° 14′ 37″ eastElevation
9 metres (30 feet)Open location code
2VJ8C6GV+G9OpenStreetMap ID
way 85675790OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lakeGeoNames ID
6626282Wikidata ID
Q7640410
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Sunk Lake” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Sunk Lake”
- Chinese: “桑克湖”
- German: “Sunk Lake”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sunk Lake”
- Swedish: “Sunk Lake”
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