Linzipar Lake

Linzipar Lake
Location of lake in the South Shetland Islands
Location of lake in the South Shetland Islands
Linzipar Lake
Location within South Shetland Islands
LocationLivingston Island, Antarctica
Coordinates62°41′12″S 60°52′06″W / 62.68667°S 60.86833°W / -62.68667; -60.86833
Lake typeGlacial lake
Max. length295 metres (968 ft)
Max. width200 metres (660 ft)
4 hectares (9.9 acres)
Map of Livingston, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands featuring Bond Point

Linzipar Lake (Bulgarian: езеро Линзипар, romanized: ezero Linzipar, IPA: [ˈɛzɛro ˈlinzipɐr]) is a lake 295 m long in a northwest–southeast direction and 200 m wide, located on the south coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It has a surface area of 4 ha and is separated from the waters of Kavarna Cove by a strip of land 13 to 35 m wide. The area was visited during early 19th century sealers expeditions.

Linzipar is a name of Thracian origin used for a hill in Northern Bulgaria.

Location

Linzipar Lake is situated at the base of Bond Point and centered at 62°40′24″S 60°48′37″W / 62.67333°S 60.81028°W / -62.67333; -60.81028, 3.28 km northeast of Elephant Point and 4 km west by south of Hetty Rock. Bulgarian mapping of the area was conducted in 2009 and 2017.

Maps

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Linzipar 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

References

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