Antarctic lake
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 , romanized : ezero 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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This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.