Smith Lake is a
lake, 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) long, in the
Bunger Hills, occupying the east half of the
peninsula
A peninsula (; ) is a landform that extends from a mainland and is surrounded by water on most, but not all of its borders. A peninsula is also sometimes defined as a piece of land bordered by water on three of its sides. Peninsulas exist on all ...
between Booth and
Countess Peninsulas
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. First mapped from air photos taken by
U.S. Navy Operation Highjump
Operation HIGHJUMP, officially titled The United States Navy Antarctic Developments Program, 1946–1947, (also called Task Force 68), was a United States Navy (USN) operation to establish the Antarctic research base Little America IV. The opera ...
, 1946–47. The name "
Smith Ridge" was given to the peninsula in 1956 by
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica.
History
The committee was established ...
(US-ACAN) but was later dropped. The lake has instead been named for
Kenneth R. Smith, air crewman on the U.S. Navy Operation Highjump seaplane commanded by
D.E. Bunger which landed in the area and obtained air and ground photos in February 1947.
Lakes of Antarctica
Bodies of water of Wilkes Land
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