Lake Pewe is a small
lake
A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much large ...
at elevation on the uppermost Koettlitz bench, east of
Blackwelder Glacier Hobbs Ridge () is a prominent arc-shaped ridge which circumscribes Hobbs Glacier to the north and northwest and forms the divide with the lower part of Blue Glacier, on the Scott Coast of Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region in eastern An ...
in
Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region in eastern Antarctica which fronts the western side of the Ross Sea and the Ross Ice Shelf, extending southward from about 70°30'S to 78°00'S, and westward from the Ross Sea to the edge of the Antarctic Plateau. It ...
. Named in recognition of the glacial geomorphological work done in the
Koettlitz Glacier area by
Troy L. Péwé of the University of Alaska. It was near this lake that members of the
Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE), 1960–61, found a note left by Péwé, reporting observations on glacial erratics. Named by the VUWAE party.
References
Lakes of Victoria Land
Scott Coast
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