Basalt Lake
Basalt Lake is a small freshwater lake surrounded by three basalt outcrops with ‘organ-pipe’ formations in their rocks, situated in the central part of the ice-free Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. and draining through a 1.6 kilometres stream southwards into Bransfield Strait.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Chester Cone and Usnea Plug.
Chester Cone
Peak
Chester Cone is the ice-free peak rising to 188 m in the central part of Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica surmounting Midge Lake to the northwest.
Usnea Plug
Peak
Usnea Plug is a volcanic plug, 30 m from base to summit, rising to 117 m in the interior of Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.
Midge Lake
Lake
Midge Lake is the largest among numerous freshwater lakes on the ice-free Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.
Basalt Lake
- Type: Lake
- Description: small freshwater lake in Antarctica
- Category: body of water
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-62.64382° or 62° 38′ 38″ southLongitude
-61.05805° or 61° 3′ 29″ westOpen location code
379W9W4R+FQOpenStreetMap ID
way 918597555OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lake
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Basalt Lake” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Basalt Lake (lanaw sa Antarctica)”
- Cebuano: “Basalt Lake”
- Chinese: “玄武岩湖”
- Esperanto: “Bazaltlago”
- German: “Basalt Lake”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Basalt Lake”
- Swedish: “Basalt Lake”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Camp Livingston and Station P.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Chester Lake and Limnopolar Lake.
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