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Parochlus Lake

Parochlus Lake
Location of the lake in Antarctica.
Location of the lake in Antarctica.
Parochlus Lake
LocationSouth Georgia Island, Antarctica
Coordinates54°10′S 36°45′W / 54.167°S 36.750°W / -54.167; -36.750
Typelake

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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