Brunow Bay from Tangra Mountains; Samuel Point with the snow-covered Opitsvet Lake is on the right
Map of Livingston Island and Smith Island

Opitsvet Lake (Bulgarian: езеро Опицвет, romanizedezero Opitsvet, IPA: [ˈɛzɛro oˈpit͡svɛt]) is the lake extending 420 m in west–east direction and 410 m in north–south direction on the southeast coast of Rozhen Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It has a surface area of 11 ha and is separated from the waters of Brunow Bay on the east and Bransfield Strait on the south by a 70 to 150 m wide strip of land.[1] The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.[2]

The feature is named after the settlement of Opitsvet and the eponymous marsh in Western Bulgaria.[1]

Location

Opitsvet Lake is situated at the base of Samuel Point and centred at 62°43′37″S 60°09′12″W / 62.72694°S 60.15333°W / -62.72694; -60.15333, which is 600 m east of Needle Peak and 2.78 km southwest of Vazov Point. Bulgarian mapping of the area in 2009 and 2017.

Maps

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b Opitsvet Lake. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
  2. ^ L. Ivanov. General Geography and History of Livingston Island. In: Bulgarian Antarctic Research: A Synthesis. Eds. C. Pimpirev and N. Chipev. Sofia: St. Kliment Ohridski University Press, 2015. pp. 17–28

References

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.


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