Fryxell, Lake
Lake Fryxell is a perennially ice-covered lake in Taylor Valley in Victoria Land, Antarctica. One of many such lakes in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, it was first discovered in the early 1900s by Robert Scott's 1901-1904 expedition and was named and mapped during Operation Deep Freeze in the 1950s.
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- …has a surface elevation of 18 metres (59 feet)
- …is also known as “Lake Fryxell”
- Description: meromictic lake in Antarctica
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Fryxell, Lake
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- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-77.61667° or 77° 37′ south
Longitude
163.18333° or 163° 11′ east
Open location code
2VJ595MM+88
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Welsh—“Fryxell, Lake” goes by many names.
Friksel gölüAzerbaijani
FryxellCebuano
弗里克塞尔湖Chinese
ФрикселлChuvash
FryxellinjärviFinnish
Lake FryxellFinnish
ფრიქსელის ტბაGeorgian
אגם פרייקסלHebrew
אגם פריקסלHebrew
フリクセル湖Japanese
Lake FryxellNorwegian Nynorsk
Jezioro FryxellPolish
Lake FryxellPolish
Lacul FryxellRomanian
Озеро ФрикселлRussian
ФрикселлRussian
Фрикселл (озеро)Russian
Фриксель (озеро)Russian
Fryxell, AntarktisSwedish
Lake FryxellSwedish
FryxellTurkish
Fryxell gölüTurkish
ФрікселUkrainian
ФрікселлUkrainian
Llyn FryxellWelsh
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