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Antarctic stream
Location of Byers Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands
Eastern Byers Peninsula in Livingston Island with Robbery Beaches and Tsamblak Hill in the middle, and left to right Rowe Point, Ivanov Beach, Urvich Wall and Clark Nunatak in the background
Topographic map of Antarctic Specially Protected Area ASPA 126 Byers Peninsula
Topographic map of Livingston, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands

Eridanus Stream (Bulgarian: поток Еридан, romanizedpotok Eridan, IPA: [poˈtɔk ˈɛridɐn]) is the 1.65 km long stream on eastern Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica that drains Feya Tarn, flows northwards along the west side of Tsamblak Hill, crosses Robbery Beaches and empties into Barclay Bay just west of Sparadok Point. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.

The feature is named after Eridanus River in Greek mythology.

Location

Eridanus Stream is centred at 62°38′04″S 61°00′47.6″W / 62.63444°S 61.013222°W / -62.63444; -61.013222. Detailed Spanish mapping in 1992, and Bulgarian mapping of the area in 2009 and 2017.

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See also

Notes

  1. ^ Eridanus Stream. 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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