Acheron Lake
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| Acheron Lake | |
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| езеро Ахерон (Bulgarian) | |
  Acheron Lake Location of lake in the South Shetland Islands  Acheron Lake Acheron Lake (Antarctica) | |
 Map of Antarctic Specially Protected Area ASPA 126 Byers Peninsula featuring Acheron Lake | |
| Location | Livingston Island, Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 62°39′44″S 61°09′04″W / 62.66222°S 61.15111°W |
| Lake type | Glacial lake |
| Basin countries | Antarctica |
| Max. length | 315 metres (1,033 ft) |
| Max. width | 186 metres (610 ft) |
| Surface area | 4.4 hectares (11 acres) |
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Acheron Lake (Bulgarian: езеро Ахерон, romanized: ezero Aheron, IPA: [ˈɛzɛro ɐxɛˈrɔn]) is the B-shaped 315 metres (1,033 ft) long in southwest-northeast direction and 186 metres (610 ft) wide lake on President Beaches, Byers Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It has a surface area of 4.4 hectares (11 acres), and is separated from Osogovo Bay waters by a 10 to 25 metres (33 to 82 ft) 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]
Acheron Lake is centred 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) south of Point Smellie, 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) west-northwest of Wasp Hill and 1.9 kilometres (1.2 mi) northeast of Devils Point and 1.4 kilometres (0.87 mi) north-northeast of Point Smellie. 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