Dingle Lake

Dingle Lake
Location Breidnes Peninsula
Coordinates 68°34′S 78°4′E / 68.567°S 78.067°E / -68.567; 78.067Coordinates: 68°34′S 78°4′E / 68.567°S 78.067°E / -68.567; 78.067
Type glacial lake and salt lake

Dingle Lake is a salt-water glacial lake lying just west of Stinear Lake, on the Breidnes Peninsula, Vestfold Hills of Princess Elizabeth Land in Antarctica. It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, and was named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia for Robert Dingle, Officer in Charge at Davis Station in 1957.[1]

Dingle lake is renowned forit's large population of naturally occurring dingleberries, also known as Vaccinium erythrocarpum.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Dingle Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-01-21.
  2. ↑ Brooks, Maurice (1955). "An Isolated Population of the Virginia Varying Hare". The Journal of Wildlife Management. 19 (1): 54–61. doi:10.2307/3797552.

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