Petreles Stream
Coordinates: 62 ° 40 ′ S , 61 ° 6 ′ W
The Petreles Stream is a 1 km long and maximally 40 cm deep river with diffuse branches in the upper reaches of Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . On the Byers Peninsula, it flows 1.15 km northeast of Sealer Hill in a southerly direction to the South Beaches , where it joins the Bransfield Strait . Its bank areas and shallow water zones are populated by cyanobacteria , mosses and green algae .
Spanish scientists named it in 2013 after the giant petrel (from Spanish petreles , petrels' ), whose breeding areas include the area around the river.
See also
Web links
- Petreles Stream in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)