Map of Antarctic Specially Protected Area ASPA 126 Byers Peninsula featuring Acheron Lake
Map of Livingston, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands

Acheron Lake (Bulgarian: езеро Ахерон, romanizedezero Aheron, IPA: [ˈɛzɛro ɐxɛˈrɔn]) is the B-shaped 315 m long in southwest-northeast direction and 186 m wide lake on President Beaches, Byers Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It has a surface area of 4.4 ha, and is separated from Osogovo Bay waters by a 10 to 25 m wide strip of land. Lucifer Crags surmount the lake on the southwest.[1] The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.[2]

The feature is named after Acheron River in Greek underworld.[1]

Location

Acheron Lake is centred at 62°39′44″S 61°09′04″W / 62.66222°S 61.15111°W / -62.66222; -61.15111, which is 1 km south of Point Smellie, 1 km west-northwest of Wasp Hill and 1.9 km northeast of Devils Point.1.4 km north-northeast of Point Smellie. Detailed Spanish mapping in 1992, and Bulgarian mapping in 2009 and 2017.

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Notes

  1. ^ a b Acheron 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.

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

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