Heywood Lake

Heywood Lake (60°41′S 45°37′W / 60.683°S 45.617°W / -60.683; -45.617Coordinates: 60°41′S 45°37′W / 60.683°S 45.617°W / -60.683; -45.617) is the northernmost lake in Three Lakes Valley in northeastern Signy Island, Antarctica. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee after Ronald B. Heywood, a limnologist with the Life Sciences Division of the British Antarctic Survey, who worked on Signy Island in 1962–63 and 1970–71.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Heywood Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-06-16.

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