Lake Fryxell
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Lake Fryxell is a lake
4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) long, between Canada Glacier
and Commonwealth Glacier
s at the lower end of Taylor Valley
in Victoria Land
, Antarctica. Mapped by the British Antarctic Expedition under Robert Falcon Scott
, 1910-13, the lake was visited by Professor T.L. Péwé during USN Operation Deep Freeze
, 1957-58, who named it for Dr. Fritiof M. Fryxell
, glacial geologist of Augustana College
, Illinois
.
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,...
4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) long, between Canada Glacier
Canada Glacier
The Canada Glacier is a small polar glacier flowing southeast into the northern side of Taylor Valley, Victoria Land in Antarctica.- Geographical features :Canada Glacier's seasonal melting feeds Lake Fryxell to the West and Lake Hoare to the East....
and Commonwealth Glacier
Commonwealth Glacier
Commonwealth Glacier is a glacier which flows in a southeasterly direction and enters the northern side of Taylor Valley immediately west of Mount Coleman, in Victoria Land, Antarctica...
s at the lower end of Taylor Valley
Taylor Valley
Taylor Valley is the southern one of the three large Dry Valleys in the Transantarctic Mountains, Victoria Land, located west of McMurdo Sound at approximately . The valley extends from Taylor Glacier in the west to McMurdo Sound at Explorers Cove at the northwest head of New Harbour in the east...
in Victoria Land
Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica bounded on the east by the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and on the west by Oates Land and Wilkes Land. It was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in January 1841 and named after the UK's Queen Victoria...
, Antarctica. Mapped by the British Antarctic Expedition under Robert Falcon Scott
Robert Falcon Scott
Captain Robert Falcon Scott, CVO was a Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions: the Discovery Expedition, 1901–04, and the ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition, 1910–13...
, 1910-13, the lake was visited by Professor T.L. Péwé during USN Operation Deep Freeze
Operation Deep Freeze
Operation Deep Freeze is the codename for a series of United States missions to Antarctica, beginning with "Operation Deep Freeze I" in 1955–56, followed by "Operation Deep Freeze II", "Operation Deep Freeze III", and so on...
, 1957-58, who named it for Dr. Fritiof M. Fryxell
Fritiof Fryxell
Fritiof M. Fryxell , was an American geologist and mountain climber, best known for his research and writing on the Teton Range of Wyoming. Upon the establishment of Grand Teton National Park in 1929, he was named the park’s first naturalist, a position he held for six summers...
, glacial geologist of Augustana College
Augustana College (Illinois)
Augustana College is a private liberal arts college located in Rock Island, Illinois, United States. The college enrolls approximately 2,500 students. Covering of hilly, wooded land, Augustana is adjacent to the Mississippi River...
, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
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