Lake Priyadarshini
| Lake Priyadarshini | |
|---|---|
  Lake Priyadarshini | |
| Location | Schirmacher Oasis, Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 70°45′47″S 11°44′20″E / 70.763°S 11.739°E |
| Basin countries | (Antarctica) |
| Frozen | March–February |
| Settlements | Maitri |
Lake Priyadarshini is a freshwater lake in the Schirmacher Oasis, Antarctica. It supplies water for Maitri, India's second permanent station in Antarctica.[1] Lake Priyadarshini was named after the then Prime Minister of India Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi.
Sanskrit priyadarshinī प्रियदर्शिनी is the feminine form of priyadarshina प्रियदर्शिन, meaning "looking with kindness upon everything".
References[edit]
- ^ Ingole, Baban; Vinod Dhargalkar (25 March 1998). "Ecobiological assessment of a freshwater lake at Schirmacher Oasis with reference to human activities". Current Science. 74 (6): 529–534. Retrieved 2009-04-25.
External links[edit]
- Thermal Structure, Sedimentology, and Hydro-geochemistry of Lake Priyadarshini, Schirmacher Oasis, Antarctica[permanent dead link], by R. Sinha and Asim Chatterjee