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Antarctic lake
Pistiros Lake
Location of lake in the South Shetland IslandsLocation of lake in the South Shetland IslandsPistiros Lake
LocationLivingston Island, Antarctica
Coordinates62°38′13″S 61°07′59″W / 62.63694°S 61.13306°W / -62.63694; -61.13306
Lake typeGlacial lake
Max. length320 metres (1,050 ft)
Max. width90 metres (300 ft)
Surface area2.42 hectares (6.0 acres)
Map of Antarctic Specially Protected Area ASPA 126 Byers Peninsula featuring Pistiros Lake
Map of Livingston, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands

Pistiros Lake (Bulgarian: езеро Пистирос, romanizedezero Pistiros, IPA: [ˈɛzɛro pisˈtiros]) is the slightly bent southwards rectangular lake, 320 m long in west-east direction and 90 m wide on President Beaches, Byers Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It has a surface area of 2.42 ha, and is separated from the waters of New Plymouth by a 20 to 35 m wide strip of land. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.

The feature is named after the ancient emporium of Pistiros in Southern Bulgaria.

Location

Pistiros Lake is centred at 62°38′13″S 61°07′59″W / 62.63694°S 61.13306°W / -62.63694; -61.13306 which is 900 m east of Laager Point and 2.08 km south of Ocoa Point. Detailed Spanish mapping in 1992, and Bulgarian mapping in 2009 and 2017.

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See also

Notes

  1. ^ Pistiros Lake. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
  2. L. Ivanov. General Geography and History of Livingston Island. In: Bulgarian Antarctic Research: A Synthesis. Eds. C. Pimpirev and N. Chipev. Sofia: St. Kliment Ohridski University Press, 2015. pp. 17–28.

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This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.


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