| Montemno Lake | |
|---|---|
  Montemno Lake | |
| Location | Livingston Island, Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 62°38′41″S 60°58′17″W / 62.64472°S 60.97139°W / -62.64472; -60.97139 |
| Lake type | Glacial lake |
| Primary outflows | Bedek Stream |
| Max. length | 190 metres (620 ft) |
| Max. width | 70 metres (230 ft) |
| Surface area | 0.96 hectares (2.4 acres) |
Montemno Lake (Bulgarian: езеро Монтемно, romanized: ezero Montemno, IPA: [ˈɛzɛro monˈtɛmno]) is the 190 m long in southeast–northwest direction and 70 m wide lake on eastern Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It has a surface area of 0.96 ha and drains northwards into Barclay Bay by way of Bedek Stream.
The feature is named after the ancient Roman road station of Montemno in Northern Bulgaria.
Location
Montemno Lake is situated just west of Urvich Wall and centred at 62°38′41″S 60°58′17″W / 62.64472°S 60.97139°W / -62.64472; -60.97139, which is 230 m northeast of the larger Oread Lake, 3 km northeast of Dometa Point and 3.25 km south of Nedelya Point. Detailed Spanish mapping in 1992, and Bulgarian mapping of the area in 2009 and 2017.
Maps
- Península Byers, Isla Livingston. Mapa topográfico a escala 1:25000. Madrid: Servicio Geográfico del Ejército, 1992
- L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4
- L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Smith Island. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2017. ISBN 978-619-90008-3-0
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated
See also
Notes
- ^ Montemno Lake. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
References
- Montemno Lake. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
- Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 126 Byers Peninsula. Measure 4 (2016), ATCM XXXIX Final Report. Santiago, 2016
External links
- Montemno Lake. Adjusted Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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