Paternoster Valley () is a
valley extending southwestward from
Stygian Cove
Signy Island is a small subantarctic island in the South Orkney Islands of Antarctica. It was named by the Norwegian whaler Petter Sørlle (1884–1933) after his wife, Signy Therese.
The island is about long and wide and rises to above sea ...
in northern
Signy Island. So named by
United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) from the occurrence of three small
paternoster lakes, at different levels in the valley.
Sombre Lake is the northernmost lake, so named by UK-APC because of the sombre setting of the lake and the proximity of Stygian Cove.
Changing Lake is the central lakes. This
proglacial lake was named by UK-APC because the lake slowly changes shape and size as the retaining land ice gradually retreats.
Moss Lake is the southernmost lake, named by UK-APC because a luxuriant stand of
moss
Mosses are small, non-vascular flowerless plants in the taxonomic division Bryophyta (, ) '' sensu stricto''. Bryophyta (''sensu lato'', Schimp. 1879) may also refer to the parent group bryophytes, which comprise liverworts, mosses, and hor ...
covers the deeper part of the lake.
References
Valleys of Antarctica
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