Parochlus Lake | |
Location: | South Georgia Island, Antarctica |
Coordinates: | -54.1667°N -81°W |
Type: | lake |
Pushpin Map: | Antarctica |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Location of the lake in Antarctica. |
Parochlus Lake 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.