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Cape Royds Pond 4

The Cape Royds Pond 4 is located in Ross Island, predominantly ice-free with a snowbank.

Code: CRP4

Area 1692

Temperature: 8 celsius

Coordinates: 

Latitude: -77.543350219727
Longitude: 166.166946411133

Clear Lake

The Clear lake is an Ice-covered lake with ~33 % ice-free, in the Cape Roys area in Ross Island. The area the lake covers is about 10,929Code: CLLArea: 10,929 Measured Temperature: 2.9

Coordinates: 

Latitude: -77.542182922363
Longitude: 166.161422729492

Coast Lake

The Coast Lake is a predominantly ice free lake in the Cape Roys area in Ross Island.

Code : COL

Lake Area: 14,813

Temperature: 10.1

Coordinates: 

Latitude: -77.542266845703
Longitude: 166.150375366211

Commonwealth Glacier

The Commonwealth glacier flows in a southeasterly direction and enters the northern side of Taylor Valley immediately west of Mount Coleman. Named by the British Antarctic Expedition for the Commonwealth of Australia in the early 1900s.  

Coordinates: 

Latitude: -77.569038391113
Longitude: 163.290832519531

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