- Lake Zvezda
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location =Vestfold Hills ,Antarctica
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frozen =Lake Zvezda (coord|68|32|S|78|27|E|type:waterbody) is a large, irregular-shaped
lake 0.5mile s (0.8 km) southeast ofLake Cowan in the east part ofVestfold Hills . The lake was photographed from the air byU.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946-47) and was mapped from air photos taken by theSoviet Antarctic Expedition (1956) and ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions ) (1957-58). It was named Zvezda (star) by the Soviet expedition, and is not to be confused withBraunsteffer Lake , which is 0.5mile s (0.8 km) southwest of Lake Cowan.
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