Basalt Lake
Small freshwater lake in Antarctica / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 (0.99 mi) stream southwards into Bransfield Strait.
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Basalt Lake | |
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Location | Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica |
Coordinates | 62°38′35″S 61°03′33.7″W |
Type | lake |
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The feature is descriptively named from the surrounding rock formations.