Lake Profound

Lake Profound
Location	Fildes Peninsula, King George Island, Antarctica
Coordinates	62°11′S 58°55′W / 62.183°S 58.917°W / -62.183; -58.917Coordinates: 62°11′S 58°55′W / 62.183°S 58.917°W / -62.183; -58.917
Basin countries	(Antarctica)

Profound Lake or Lake Profound (62°11′S 58°55′W / 62.183°S 58.917°W / -62.183; -58.917) is a lake 0.25 miles (0.4 km) northwest of Jasper Point in northeast Fildes Peninsula, King George Island. The feature was named "Ozero Glubokoye" (deep lake) by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition working from Bellingshausen Station from 1968, but both forms of the name are already in use in the Antarctic. The United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) amended the name in 1979 to avoid duplication.

Also known as Lago Uruguay or Uruguay Lake, it is the lake closest to the Uruguayan scientific station Artigas Base and is therefore used as a water source for the station.

References

U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lake Profound

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