Siren Lake
| Siren Lake | ||
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| Geographical location | Livingston Island ( South Shetland Islands ) | |
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 40 '8 " S , 61 ° 8' 53" W | |
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| surface | 2.7 ha | |
| length | 250 m | |
| width | 140 m | |
The Siren Lake ( English ; Bulgarian езеро Сирена esero Sirena ) is an oval, in southeast-northwest orientation 250 m long, 140 m wide and 2.7 hectare large lake on Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . On the Byers Peninsula , it is 1.8 km east of Devils Point , 800 m east-southeast of the Lucifer Crags , 1 km southwest of Wasp Hill and 680 m north of Sevar Point near the western end of the South Beaches . A 55 to 70 m wide strip of land separates it from Raskuporis Cove .
The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2020 after the sirens from Greek mythology .
Web links
- Siren Lake in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)