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Fontus Lake (Bulgarian: езеро Фонт, romanized: ezero Font, IPA: [ˈɛzɛro ˈfɔnt]) is the oval-shaped 150 m long in south-southwest to north-northeast direction and 100 m wide lake in the middle part of South Beaches on Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It has a surface area of 1.9 ha and is separated from sea by a 53 to 64 m wide strip of land.[1] The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.[2]
| Fontus Lake | |
|---|---|
  Fontus Lake | |
| Location | Livingston Island, Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 62°39′40.4″S 61°00′19″W |
| Lake type | Glacial lake |
| Max. length | 150 metres (490 ft) |
| Max. width | 100 metres (330 ft) |
| Surface area | 1.9 hectares (4.7 acres) |
The feature is named after Fontus, a Roman deity of springs and streams, son of Juturna.[1]
Location
Fontus Lake is centred at 62°39′40.4″S 61°00′19″W, which is 600 m northeast of Dometa Point and 740 m south of Negro Hill. Detailed Spanish mapping in 1992, and Bulgarian mapping in 2009 and 2017.
Maps
- Península Byers, Isla Livingston. Mapa topográfico a escala 1:25000. Madrid: Servicio Geográfico del Ejército, 1992
- L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4
- L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Smith Island. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2017. ISBN 978-619-90008-3-0
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated
See also
Notes
- Fontus Lake. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
- 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
- Fontus Lake. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
- J. Ruiz-Fernández and M. Oliva. Relative Paleoenvironmental Adjustments Following Deglaciation of the Byers Peninsula (Livingston Island, Antarctica). Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 48 (2016) 2. pp. 345-359. (Figure 2: Map of Negro Hill area featuring Fontus Lake)
- Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 126 Byers Peninsula. Measure 4 (2016), ATCM XXXIX Final Report. Santiago, 2016
External links
- Fontus Lake. Adjusted Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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[de] Fontus Lake
Der Fontus Lake (englisch; bulgarisch езеро Фонт .mw-parser-output .Latn{font-family:"Akzidenz Grotesk","Arial","Avant Garde Gothic","Calibri","Futura","Geneva","Gill Sans","Helvetica","Lucida Grande","Lucida Sans Unicode","Lucida Grande","Stone Sans","Tahoma","Trebuchet","Univers","Verdana"}esero Font) ist ein ovaler, in südsüdwest-nordnordöstlicher Ausrichtung 150 m langer, 100 m breiter und 1,9 Hektar großer See auf der Livingston-Insel im Archipel der Südlichen Shetlandinseln. Auf der Byers-Halbinsel liegt er 600 m nordöstlich des Dometa Point und 740 m südlich des Negro Hill im mittleren Abschnitt der South Beaches. Von der Bransfieldstraße trennt ihn ein 53 bis 64 m breiter Landstreifen.- [en] Fontus Lake
[fr] Fontus (lac)
Le lac Fontus est un lac glaciaire situé en Antarctique, sur l'île Livingston dans les îles Shetland du Sud, à proximité de la côte sud de la péninsule Byers.Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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