Lake Joyce
Lake Joyce is a lake which lies along the northern side of Taylor Glacier in Pearse Valley, Victoria Land, Antarctica. It is ) long, deep and is covered by of very clear ice. The lake was studied by the New Zealand Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition which named it after Ernest Joyce, a member of earlier British expeditions to the area led by Scott and Shackleton.
The lake bottom is covered by thick microbial mats, from which rise microbialite carbonate structures.
