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Beaver Lake (Antarctica)
Beaver
Lake
is a lake of
smooth
ice
, 7
mi
long and 5 mi wide, enclosed on
the south
and
east
by
Flagstone Bench
and
Jetty Peninsula
. The lake is
situated
at the south end of an
area
of
rough
ice,
17
mi ESE of
Aramis Range
,
Prince Charles Mountains
.
Discovered
by
Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions
personnel
in 1956. An
Australian National
Antarctic Research
Expeditions
camp
was
established
in the vicinity
in September
1957 and the lake was used extensively as a
landing area
by
Beaver aircraft
.