Dryad Lake
| Dryad Lake | ||
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| Geographical location | Livingston Island ( South Shetland Islands ) | |
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 41 ′ 12 ″ S , 60 ° 52 ′ 6 ″ W | |
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| surface | 1.28 ha | |
| length | 190 m | |
| width | 90 m | |
The Dryad Lake ( English ; Bulgarian езеро Дриада esero Driada ) is an oval, in north-northwest-south-southeast orientation 190 m long, 90 m wide and 1.28 hectare large lake on Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is located 1.25 km north of Telish Rock , 1.5 km southeast of Amadok Point and 3.25 km west-southwest of Bond Point on the west side of Elephant Point . A strip of land between 19 and 25 m wide separates it from Bransfieldstrasse .
The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2020 after the dryads from Greek mythology .
Web links
- Dryad Lake in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)