Naiad Lake
| Naiad Lake | ||
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| Geographical location | Livingston Island ( South Shetland Islands ) | |
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 38 '25.4 " S , 61 ° 8' 34" W | |
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| surface | 2.98 hectares | |
| length | 230 m | |
| width | 150 m | |
The Naiad Lake ( English ; Bulgarian езеро Наяда esero Najada ) is a roughly rectangular, north-south orientation 230 m long, 150 m wide and 2.98 hectares large lake on Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . On the Byers Peninsula , it is 1.4 km north-northeast of Point Smellie on the southwest side of Laager Point on President Beaches . A strip of land 12 to 90 m wide separates it from Osogovo Bay .
The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2020 after the Naiads , spring nymphs from Greek mythology .
Web links
- Naiad Lake in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)