🌊 Parochlus Lake

United Kingdom · Europe · 54.17°S, 36.75°W

Parochlus Lake is a shallow lake at the head of Karrakatta Valley, to the west-northwest of Husvik Harbor, South Georgia. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1990 after the midge Parochlus steinenii, whose larvae abound near the margins of the lake.

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Quick facts

Country	United Kingdom
Continent / region	Europe
Surface elevation	unknown
Coordinates (approx.)	54.17°S, 36.75°W · view on map

Parochlus Lake in United Kingdom, in Europe. The full story of this lake is described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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