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 , in the , . and draining through a 1.6 kilometres stream southwards into .
Wikipedia
  • Lake
  • Description: small freshwater lake in Antarctica

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chester Cone and Usnea Plug.
is the ice-free peak rising to 188…
is a volcanic plug, 30 m from base…
is the largest among numerous freshwater…

Basalt Lake

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Latitude
-62.64382° or 62° 38′ 38″ south
Longitude
-61.05805° or 61° 3′ 29″ west
Open location code
379W9W4R+FQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 918597555
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­lake
Geo­Names ID
6638234
Wiki­data ID
Q4866202

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”
  • Indonesian: “Danau Basalt”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Basalt Lake”
  • Swedish: “Basalt Lake”

Places with the Same Name

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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.

Antarctica: Highlights

Learn more about Livingston Island and Villa Las Estrellas.
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