Blue 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: Clear Lake and Coast Lake.
Blue Lake
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Antarctica
- Category: body of water
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-77.54457° or 77° 32′ 40″ south
Longitude
166.17899° or 166° 10′ 44″ east
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
Open location code
2VJ8F54H+5H
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
OpenStreetMap feature
water=lake
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Blue Lake” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Blue Lake”
- German: “Blue Lake”
- Swedish: “Blue Lake”
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