Midge Lake

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title: Midge Lake
text: Midge Lake is the largest among numerous freshwater lakes on the ice-free Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The feature is arcuate in shape, extending 575 m in southwest-northeast direction and 125 m wide, surmounted by Chester Cone on the southeast, and draining through a 2 km stream north-northeastwards into Baba Tonka Cove. The lake's name derives from the chironomid midge Belgica antarctica, a rare and localized insect in the South Shetlands, the i
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description: Lake in Antarctica
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midge_Lake
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date modified: 2023-10-21T11:39:23Z
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