Parochlus Lake (54°10′S 36°45′W) is a shallow lake at the head of Karrakatta Valley, to the west-northwest of Husvik Harbor, South Georgia. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1990 after the midge Parochlus steinenii, whose larvae abound near the margins of the lake.
Map of Parochlus Lake, SIQQ 1ZZ, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Parochlus Lake" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).
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