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Id:
ZLL/0540
Name
Class
Lake
Description
One of two small lakes (the other Lake Iule), between Lake Buddha and Penance Pass, in the McMurdo Dry Valleys.
Public access to AZ
Distance from nearest road
3479.864km
Info Origin
Named by VUWAE 4 1960-61 (Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition). Advised that the name may be a diminuative, applied following a habit of Texan geologist Dick Blank, due to the small size or ephemeral nature of the lake. "Dick talked about fact-oids meaning observations we thought were correct only to find they did not stand up to subsequent testing. So other nouns like dinner became dinner-oid when the evening meal was burnt on the primus and became inedible. Its all a bit infantile but odd things happen when people are confined to share a tent for two months in an isolated environment."
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Location
NZTM2000: 1387786, 1317691
Maidenhead
RB11vw
Active?
Yes
Valid From
1900-01-01

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