Uruguay, Lago
Uruguay, Lago is a lake in Antarctica. Uruguay, Lago is situated nearby to the neighborhood President Eduardo Frei Montalva Base, as well as near Professor Julio Escudero Base.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Profound Lake and Holy Trinity Church.
Profound Lake
Lake
Profound Lake or Lake Profound is a lake 400 metres northwest of Jasper Point in northeast Fildes Peninsula, King George Island. The feature was named "Ozero Glubokoye" by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition working from Bellingshausen Station from 1968, but both forms of the name are already in use in the Antarctic.
Holy Trinity Church
Church
Photo: ArJuna, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Holy Trinity Church is a small Russian Orthodox church on King George Island near Bellingshausen Station, a Russian research station in Antarctica. It is one of the eight churches on Antarctica and the southernmost Eastern Orthodox church in the world. Holy Trinity Church is situated 3 km southwest of Uruguay, Lago.
Fildes Peninsula
Protected area
Photo: Arcibel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Fildes Peninsula is a 7 km long peninsula that forms the south-western end of King George Island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. It was named from association with nearby Fildes Strait by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1960; the strait was likely named for Robert Fildes, a British sealer of the 1800s.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include President Eduardo Frei Montalva Base.
President Eduardo Frei Montalva Base
Neighborhood
Photo: Mefisto29, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Base Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva is the most important Antarctic base of Chile. It is located at Fildes Peninsula, an ice-free area, in front of Fildes Bay, at the west end of King George Island, South Shetland Islands. President Eduardo Frei Montalva Base is situated 3½ km southwest of Uruguay, Lago.
Uruguay, Lago
- Type: Lake
- Category: body of water
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-62.18444° or 62° 11′ 4″ southLongitude
-58.9075° or 58° 54′ 27″ westOpen location code
3893R38V+62GeoNames ID
6627271
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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