Proteus Lake
Location of lake in the South Shetland Islands
Location of lake in the South Shetland Islands
Proteus Lake
LocationGreenwich Island, Antarctica
Coordinates62°26′36″S 59°48′24″W / 62.44333°S 59.80667°W / -62.44333; -59.80667
Lake typeGlacial lake
Max. length300 metres (980 ft)
Max. width220 metres (720 ft)
Surface area3.9 hectares (9.6 acres)
Map of Livingston Island area featuring Flamingo Beach

Proteus Lake (Bulgarian: езеро Протей, romanized: ezero Protey, IPA: [ˈɛzɛro proˈtɛj]) is the roughly pentagonal lake extending 300 m in west–east direction and 220 m in south–north direction in the central part of Flamingo Beach on the north coast of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It has a surface area of 3.9 ha and is separated from the waters of Orión Passage by a 20 to 35 m wide strip of land.[1] The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.[2]

The feature is named after the water deity Proteus in Greek mythology.[1]

Location

Proteus Lake is situated at the base of Brusen Point and centred at 62°26′36″S 59°48′24″W / 62.44333°S 59.80667°W / -62.44333; -59.80667, which is 1.42 km east-northeast of Terimer Point and 900 m west-southwest of Agüedo Point. 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

  1. 1 2 Proteus 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.


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