Crater Lake (South Shetland Islands)
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Crater Lake is a volcanic crater, now filled with water, lying north-west of Mount Kirkwood on the south side of Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. The descriptive name was given by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1959.
Antarctic Specially Protected Area
The site 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.[1]
References
- ^ "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.
This article incorporates public domain material from "Crater Lake (South Shetland Islands)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
62°59′S 60°40′W / 62.983°S 60.667°W
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