Mneme Lake (Bulgarian: езеро Мнема, romanized:ezero Mnema, IPA:[ˈɛzɛro ˈmnɛmɐ]) is the oval-shaped 220 m long in southwest–northeast direction and 85 m wide lake on the northwest coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It has a surface area of 1.3 ha and is separated from the waters of Barclay Bay by a 12 to 40 m wide strip of land. The lake and its vicinity lye in a restricted zone of scientific importance to Antarctic microbiology, part of the Antarctic Specially Protected Area Byers Peninsula.[1]
The feature is named after Mneme, the nymph of memory in Greek mythology.[1]
Location
Mneme Lake is situated on Ivanov Beach just west of Rowe Point and centred at 62°35′40.7″S60°54′30″W, which is 2.5km northeast of Bilyar Point. Bulgarian mapping of the area in 2009 and 2017.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated
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