Lake Priyadarshini is a freshwater lake in the Schirmacher Oasis, Antarctica. It supplies water for Maitri, India's second permanent station in Antarctica. Lake Priyadarshini was named after the then Prime Minister of India Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi.[1]
Lake Priyadarshini | |
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Location | Schirmacher Oasis, Antarctica |
Coordinates | 70°45′47″S 11°44′20″E / 70.763°S 11.739°E |
Basin countries | (Antarctica) |
Frozen | March–February |
Settlements | Maitri |
References
edit- ^ Ingole, Baban; Vinod Dhargalkar (25 March 1998). "Ecobiological assessment of a freshwater lake at Schirmacher Oasis with reference to human activities". Current Science. 74 (6): 529–534. Retrieved 2009-04-25.
External links
edit- Thermal Structure, Sedimentology, and Hydro-geochemistry of Lake Priyadarshini, Schirmacher Oasis, Antarctica[permanent dead link], by R. Sinha and Asim Chatterjee