Location

A small lake, permanent ice covering, in the northern foothills between Boulderclay Glacier and Gerlache Inlet. Located 5km East of Mt Abbott and 3.5km SW of Mario Zucchelli Station. Feature discovered and named by Trevor Chinn in 1982. Descriptively named for the enigmatic area of sediment on the ice of the lake centre.

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Data sheet

Model: Vaisala Milos 520
Mast: 10 m

• Wind Speed and Direction
• Temperature and Relative Humidity
• Atmospheric Pressure

• 1 FLASH 4 MB

• 6 batteries. Tot 900 Ah
• 2 solar panels

• Argos satellite

Curiosities ...

Max Wind speed: 135.0 knots (250 Km/h) at 15 June 2012

Minimum temperature: -40.7 °C at 21 July 2004

Maximum temperature: 9.6 °C at 11 January 2002