Acheron Lake
| Acheron Lake | ||
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| Geographical location | Livingston Island ( South Shetland Islands ) | |
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 39 '44 " S , 61 ° 9' 4" W | |
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| surface | 4.4 ha | |
| length | 315 m | |
| width | 186 m | |
The Acheron Lake ( English ; Bulgarian езеро Ахерон esero Archeron ) is a south-west-northeast orientation 315 m long, 186 m wide and 4.4 hectares large lake on Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . On the Byers Peninsula , it is 1 km south of Point Smellie , 1 km west-northwest of Wasp Hill and 1.9 km northeast of Devils Point on President Beaches . From Osogovo Bay , the lake, towered over by the Lucifer Crags and reminiscent of the letter B when viewed from above, is separated by a strip of land between 10 and 25 m wide.
The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2020 after the Greek river Acheron .
Web links
- Acheron Lake in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)