Gull Lake (Antarctica)
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Gull Lake is a lake
, 0.15 nautical miles (0.3 km) in diameter, lying close to the southwest shore of King Edward Cove
, 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) south of the abandoned whaling station at Grytviken, South Georgia. First roughly surveyed and named "Mowensee" or "Moven See" (Gull Lake) by A. Szielasko, who visited South Georgia in 1906. The English form Gull Lake was used by Robert Cushman Murphy
in 1947, in describing his visit to the lake in November 1912. This latter form, recommended by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1954, is approved.
Lake
A lake is a body of relatively still fresh or salt water of considerable size, localized in a basin, that is surrounded by land. Lakes are inland and not part of the ocean and therefore are distinct from lagoons, and are larger and deeper than ponds. Lakes can be contrasted with rivers or streams,...
, 0.15 nautical miles (0.3 km) in diameter, lying close to the southwest shore of King Edward Cove
King Edward Cove
King Edward Cove is a sheltered cove immediately southwest of Mount Duse, in the west side of Cumberland East Bay, South Georgia. This cove, frequented by early sealers at South Georgia, was charted by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901-04, under Nordenskjold. It was named in about 1906 for...
, 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) south of the abandoned whaling station at Grytviken, South Georgia. First roughly surveyed and named "Mowensee" or "Moven See" (Gull Lake) by A. Szielasko, who visited South Georgia in 1906. The English form Gull Lake was used by Robert Cushman Murphy
Robert Cushman Murphy
Robert Cushman Murphy was an American ornithologist and former Lamont curator of birds for the American Museum of Natural History....
in 1947, in describing his visit to the lake in November 1912. This latter form, recommended by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1954, is approved.