Siren Lake (Bulgarian: езеро Сирена, romanized: ezero Sirena, IPA: [ˈɛzɛro siˈrɛnɐ]) is the oval-shaped 250 m long in southeast-northwest direction and 140 m wide lake near the west extremity of South Beaches on Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It has a surface area of 2.7 ha and is separated from Raskuporis Cove waters by a 55 to 70 m wide strip of land.[1] The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.[2]
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| Location | Livingston Island, Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 62°40′08″S 61°08′53″W / 62.66889°S 61.14806°W |
| Lake type | Glacial lake |
| Max. length | 250 metres (820 ft) |
| Max. width | 140 metres (460 ft) |
| Surface area | 2.7 hectares (6.7 acres) |
The feature is named after the Siren nymphs of Greek mythology.[1]
Location
editSiren Lake is centred at 62°40′08″S 61°08′53″W / 62.66889°S 61.14806°W, which is 1.8 km east of Devils Point, 800 m east-southeast of Lucifer Crags, 1 km southwest of Wasp Hill and 680 m north of Sevar Point. Detailed Spanish mapping in 1992, and Bulgarian mapping in 2009 and 2017.
Maps
edit- 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
editNotes
edit- ^ a b Siren Lake. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
- ^ 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
edit- Siren 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
edit- Siren 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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