| Linzipar Lake | |
|---|---|
  Linzipar Lake | |
| Location | Livingston Island, Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 62°41′12″S 60°52′06″W / 62.68667°S 60.86833°W / -62.68667; -60.86833 |
| Lake type | Glacial lake |
| Max. length | 295 metres (968 ft) |
| Max. width | 200 metres (660 ft) |
| Surface area | 4 hectares (9.9 acres) |
Linzipar Lake (Bulgarian: езеро Линзипар, romanized: ezero Linzipar, IPA: [ˈɛzɛro ˈlinzipɐr]) is the lake 295 m long in northwest–southeast direction and 200 m wide 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 13 to 35 m wide strip of land. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.
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 centred at 62°40′24″S 60°48′37″W / 62.67333°S 60.81028°W / -62.67333; -60.81028, which is 3.28 km northeast of Elephant Point and 4 km west by south of Hetty Rock. Bulgarian mapping of the area in 2009 and 2017.
Maps
- 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
Notes
- ^ Linzipar 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
- Linzipar Lake. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links
- Linzipar 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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