Proteus Lake
| Proteus Lake | ||
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| Geographical location | Greenwich Island ( South Shetland Islands ) | |
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 26 '36 " S , 59 ° 48' 24" W | |
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| surface | 3.9 ha | |
| length | 300 m | |
| width | 220 m | |
The Proteus Lake ( English ; Bulgarian езеро Протей esero Protej ) is a roughly pentagonal, west-east orientation 300 m long, 220 m wide and 3.9 hectare large lake on Greenwich Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is located 1.42 km east-northeast of Terimer Point and 900 m west-southwest of Agüedo Point at the base of Brusen Point in the center of Flamingo Beach .
The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named him in 2020 after Proteus , the sea god from Greek mythology .
Web links
- Proteus Lake in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)