Oread Lake

Oread Lake (Bulgarian: езеро Ореада, romanized: ezero Oreada, IPA: [ˈɛzɛro ˈorɛˈadɐ]) is the oval-shaped 220 m long in southeast–northwest direction and 130 m wide lake on eastern Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It has a surface area of 1.94 ha and drains northwards into Barclay Bay by way of Bedek Stream.[1]

Oread Lake
Location of lake in the South Shetland Islands
Location of lake in the South Shetland Islands
Oread Lake
LocationLivingston Island, Antarctica
Coordinates62°38′47″S 60°58′27″W
Lake typeGlacial lake
Primary outflowsBedek Stream
Max. length220 metres (720 ft)
Max. width130 metres (430 ft)
Surface area1.94 hectares (4.8 acres)
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
Map of Antarctic Specially Protected Area ASPA 126 Byers Peninsula featuring Oread Lake
Map of Livingston, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands

The feature is named after the Oreads, mountain nymphs of Greek mythology.[1]

Location

Oread Lake is situated in the west foothills of Urvich Wall and centred at 62°38′47″S 60°58′27″W, which is 2.77 km northeast of Dometa Point and 3.4 km south of Nedelya Point.3.15 km south-southeast of Lair Point, 1.75 m south-southwest of Sparadok Point and 500 m west-southwest of Tsamblak Hill. Detailed Spanish mapping in 1992, and Bulgarian mapping in 2009 and 2017.

Maps
  • Península Byers, Isla Livingston. Mapa topográfico a escala 1:25000. Madrid: Servicio Geográfico del Ejército, 1992
  • 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. Oread Lake. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

References

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


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