Opitsvet Lake
| Opitsvet Lake | ||
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| Geographical location | Livingston Island ( South Shetland Islands ) | |
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 43 ′ 37 ″ S , 60 ° 9 ′ 12 ″ W | |
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| surface | 11 ha | |
| length | 420 m | |
| width | 410 m | |
The Opitsvet Lake ( English ; Bulgarian езеро Опицвет esero Opizwet ) is a north-south orientation 420 m long, 410 m wide and 11 hectare large lake on the south coast of Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is located 600 m east of Needle Peak and 2.78 km southwest of Vazov Point at the base of Samuel Point . It is separated from Brunow Bay in the east and Bransfield Strait in the south by a strip of land 70 to 150 m wide.
The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2020 after the town of Opizvet in western Bulgaria .
Web links
- Opitsvet Lake in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)