Kroner Lake

Kroner Lake
Location of the lake in Antarctica.
Location of the lake in Antarctica.
Kroner Lake
LocationDeception Island
Coordinates62°59′00″S 60°35′00″W / 62.98333°S 60.58333°W / -62.98333; -60.58333
Max. length370 m (1,210 ft)
Max. width370 m (1,210 ft)

Kroner Lake is a circular lake 370 m (1,210 ft) in diameter, lying immediately west of Whalers Bay, on Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. Its old name, "Tokroningen", meaning the two kroner piece, was given by whalers during the period 1905–31. The original name was altered to Kroner Lake in 1950, by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee following a survey of Deception Island by Lieutenant Commander D.N. Penfold, Royal Navy, in 1948–49.[1]

Antarctic Specially Protected Area

The lake forms part of an Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA 140), comprising several separate sites on Deception Island, and designated as such primarily for its botanic and ecological values.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Kroner Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  2. ^ "Parts of Deception Island, South Shetland Islands" (PDF). Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 140: Measure 3, Appendix 1. Antarctic Treaty Secretariat. 2005. Retrieved 28 September 2013.

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Kroner Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.


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