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Antarctic lake
Location of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands

Heksagon Tarn (Bulgarian: езеро Хексагона, romanizedezero Heksagona, IPA: ['ɛzɛro hɛksɐ'gɔnɐ]) is the lake on the northwest coast of South Bay, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica extending 140 m in west–east direction and 100 m in south–north direction. It has a surface area of 1.04 ha and is situated 130 m from the sea. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.

The feature is so named because of its supposed hexagon shape ('heksagon' in Bulgarian).

Location

Heksagon Tarn is centred at 62°38′46″S 60°34′59″W / 62.64611°S 60.58306°W / -62.64611; -60.58306, which is 1.9 km northeast of Hannah Point and 1.37 km west-southwest of Lukovo Point. British mapping of the area in 1968 and Bulgarian in 2009 and 2017.

Maps

Topographic map of Livingston Island and Smith Island

Notes

  1. 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
  2. Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission

References

External links

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


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