Midge Lake
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| Map of the Byers Peninsula ( Livingston Island ) with Midge Lake | ||
| Geographical location | Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands | |
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 38 ′ 10 ″ S , 61 ° 5 ′ 15 ″ W | |
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The Midge Lake (English for midges ) is an arcuate lake on Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . On the Byers Peninsula , it is on the northwest side of the Chester Cone .
The designation was made by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1977. It is named after the midges of the species Belgica antarctica , whose imagos populate the lakeshore in the Antarctic summer months.
Web links
- Midge Lake in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Midge Lake on geographic.org (English)