Moutonnée Lake [SEP] continent
Moutonnée Lake
Moutonnée Lake is a sub-glacial lake that lies within Moutonnee Valley, marginal to the George VI Ice Shelf, south of Ablation Point indenting the east coast of Alexander Island, facing the west coast of Palmer Land, Antarctica. Following limnological and tidal studies by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) from 1971, it was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) from the presence of roche moutonnées on its shores. As with nearby Ablation and Hodgson Lakes, Moutonnée receives
surfaces exposed by kaolin mining resemble roches moutonnées.
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- A roche moutonnée and perched boulders, northeastern Manitoba, image from Geological Survey of Canada Canadian Landscapes Photo Collection
- A roche moutonnée, northern Abitibi, Québec, image from Geological Survey of Canada Canadian Landscapes Photo Collection
- A roche moutonnée, Melville Peninsula, Nunavut, image from Geological Survey of Canada Canadian Landscapes Photo Collection