Linzipar_Lake

Linzipar Lake

Linzipar Lake

Antarctic lake

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.[1] The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.[2]

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Map of Livingston, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands featuring Bond Point

Linzipar is a name of Thracian origin used for a hill in Northern Bulgaria.[1]

Location

Linzipar Lake is situated at the base of Bond Point and centred at 62°40′24″S 60°48′37″W, 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

  1. [1]
    Linzipar Lake. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
  2. [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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