Volturnus Lake
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| Volturnus Lake | |
|---|---|
  Volturnus Lake | |
| Location | Livingston Island, Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 62°40′16.4″S 60°54′48″W / 62.671222°S 60.91333°W |
| Lake type | Glacial lake |
| Max. length | 225 metres (738 ft) |
| Max. width | 215 metres (705 ft) |
| Surface area | 3.15 hectares (7.8 acres) |
Volturnus Lake (Bulgarian: езеро Волтурн, romanized: ezero Volturn, IPA: [ˈɛzɛro voɫˈturn]) is the roughly triangular lake extending 225 m in north–south direction and 215 m in east–west direction on the southwest coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Its surface area is 3.15 ha.[1] The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.[2]
The feature is named after Volturnus, a Roman and Etruscan deity of water and rivers.[1]
Volturnus Lake is situated 140 m from the sea and centred at 62°40′16.4″S 60°54′48″W / 62.671222°S 60.91333°W, which is 965 m east of Rish Point, 440 m south of Clark Nunatak and 1.4 km northwest of Amadok Point. Detailed Spanish mapping in 1992, and Bulgarian mapping of the area 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. Archived 2008-04-24 at the Wayback Machine 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
