This page presents the geographical name data for
Ablation Lake in Antarctica, as supplied by the US military intelligence in electronic format, including the geographic coordinates and place name in various forms, latin, roman and native characters, and its location in its respective country's administrative division
Feature Name
(see definition):
Ablation Lake
Feature Class
(see definition):
Lake
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
23
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
70° 49' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
068° 26' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-70.8166667
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-68.4333333
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
No data
Description
(see definition):
A pro-glacial tidal lake in Ablation Valley, Alexander Island, with stratified saline and fresh water and depths exceeding 117 meters. The feature is dammed in the upper portion by ice that pushes into the lake from the adjacent George VI Ice Shelf. Named after the valley following British Antarctic Survey (BAS) limnological research from 1973.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Ablation Lake in Antarctica on this page is published from the data supplied by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, a member of the Intelligence community of the Antarctica, and a Department of Defense (DoD) Combat Support Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of
Ablation Lake information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Ablation Lake should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.