Fryxell, Lake
Lake Fryxell is a frozen lake 4.5 kilometres long, between Canada Glacier and Commonwealth Glaciers at the lower end of Taylor Valley in Victoria Land, Antarctica.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lake
- Description: meromictic lake in Antarctica
- Also known as: “Lake Fryxell”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Clow Island and Many Glaciers Pond.
Clow Island
Islet
Clow Island is an island 1.1 kilometres long in the eastern part of Lake Fryxell in Taylor Valley, Victoria Land, Antarctica. This feature was a peninsula as recently as the 1980s when the rising level of the lake submerged the eastern part of the peninsula and created the island.
Many Glaciers Pond
Lake
Taylor Valley is an ice-free valley about 18 nautical miles long, once occupied by the receding Taylor Glacier. It lies north of the Kukri Hills between the Taylor Glacier and New Harbour in Victoria Land, Antarctica. Many Glaciers Pond is situated 4 km northeast of Fryxell, Lake.
Fryxell, Lake
- Categories: meromictic lake and body of water
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
Discover Fryxell, Lake from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Welsh—“Fryxell, Lake” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Friksel gölü”
- Cebuano: “Fryxell”
- Chinese: “弗里克塞尔湖”
- Chuvash: “Фрикселл”
- Finnish: “Fryxellinjärvi”
- Finnish: “Lake Fryxell”
- French: “Fryxell”
- French: “lac Fryxell”
- French: “Lac Fryxell”
- Georgian: “ფრიქსელის ტბა”
- German: “Fryxellsee”
- German: “Lake Fryxell”
- Hebrew: “אגם פרייקסל”
- Hebrew: “אגם פריקסל”
- Japanese: “フリクセル湖”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lake Fryxell”
- Polish: “Jezioro Fryxell”
- Polish: “Lake Fryxell”
- Portuguese: “Lago Fryxell”
- Romanian: “Lacul Fryxell”
- Russian: “Озеро Фрикселл”
- Russian: “Фрикселл (озеро)”
- Russian: “Фрикселл”
- Russian: “Фриксель (озеро)”
- Spanish: “Lago Fryxell”
- Swedish: “Fryxell, Antarktis”
- Swedish: “Lake Fryxell”
- Turkish: “Fryxell gölü”
- Turkish: “Fryxell Gölü”
- Turkish: “Fryxell”
- Ukrainian: “Фріксел”
- Ukrainian: “Фрікселл”
- Welsh: “Llyn Fryxell”
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