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. Linzipar 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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