Dryad Lake

Dryad Lake (Bulgarian: езеро Дриада, romanized: ezero Driada, IPA: [ˈɛzɛro driˈadɐ]) is the oval-shaped 190 m long in north-northwest to south-southeast direction and 90 m wide on the southwest coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It has a surface area of 1.28 ha and is separated from sea by a 19 to 25 m wide strip of land.[1] The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.[2]

Dryad Lake
Location of lake in the South Shetland Islands
Location of lake in the South Shetland Islands
Dryad Lake
LocationLivingston Island, Antarctica
Coordinates62°41′12″S 60°52′06″W
Lake typeGlacial lake
Max. length190 metres (620 ft)
Max. width90 metres (300 ft)
Surface area1.28 hectares (3.2 acres)
Map of Byers Peninsula featuring Elephant Point
Map of Livingston, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands

The feature is named after the Dryads, tree nymphs in Greek mythology.[1]

Location

Dryad Lake is situated on the west side of Elephant Point and centred at 62°41′12″S 60°52′06″W, which is 1.25 km north of Telish Rock, 1.5 km southeast of Amadok Point and 3.25 km west-southwest of Bond 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. Dryad 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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