Pistiros Lake
| Pistiros Lake | ||
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| Geographical location | Livingston Island ( South Shetland Islands ) | |
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 38 ′ 13 ″ S , 61 ° 7 ′ 59 ″ W | |
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| surface | 2.42 ha | |
| length | 320 m | |
| width | 90 m | |
The Pistiros Lake ( English ; Bulgarian езеро Пистирос esero Pistiros ) is a slightly curved, south-rectangular, west-east orientation 320 m long, 90 m wide and 2.42 hectares large lake on Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . On the Byers Peninsula , it is 900 m east of Laager Point and 2.08 km south of Ocoa Point on President Beaches . It is separated from New Plymouth Bay by a strip of land 20 to 35 m wide.
The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2020 after the ancient trading post of Pistiros in southern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Pistiros Lake in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)