Leyka Lake
| Leyka Lake | |
|---|---|
| езеро Лейката (Bulgarian) | |
 Location of Nelson Island in the South Shetland Islands | |
  Leyka Lake  Leyka Lake | |
| Location | Baba Marta Beach, Nelson Island, South Shetland Islands |
| Coordinates | 62°20′57″S 59°06′39″W / 62.34917°S 59.11083°W |
| Type | Lake |
| Basin countries | Antarctica |
| Max. length | 180 m (590 ft) |
| Max. width | 100 m (330 ft) |
| Surface area | 1.5 ha (3.7 acres) |
| Location | |
Interactive map of Leyka Lake | |
Leyka Lake (Bulgarian: езеро Лейката, romanized: ezero Leykata, IPA: ['ɛzɛro 'lejkɐtɐ]) is the 180 m (590 ft) long in southeast–northwest direction and 100 m (330 ft) wide lake on Baba Marta Beach, Nelson Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It has a surface area of 1.5 ha (3.7 acres) and is separated from the waters of Bransfield Strait by a 25 to 35 m (82 to 115 ft) wide strip of land. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.[1]
The feature is so named because of its shape supposedly resembling a watering can ('leyka' in Bulgarian).
Location
Leyka Lake is centred 600 m (2,000 ft) east by south of Ross Point,[2] 6.75 km (4.19 mi) west by south of Ivan Alexander Point and 3.28 km (2.04 mi) west-northwest of Vidaurre Point, the south extremity of the island. British mapping of the area in 1968.
Maps
- Livingston Island to King George Island. Scale 1:200000. Admiralty Nautical Chart 1776. Taunton: UK Hydrographic Office, 1968
- South Shetland Islands. Archived 2012-03-24 at the Wayback Machine Scale 1:200000 topographic map No. 3373. DOS 610 - W 62 58. Tolworth, UK, 1968
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Archived 2017-03-05 at the Wayback Machine Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated
Notes
- ^ Pimpirev, Khristo; Chipev, N. (2015). Bulgarian Antarctic Research: A Synthesis. Sofia: "St. Kliment Ohridski" University Press. ISBN 978-954-07-3939-7. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
- ^ Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer Archived 2020-12-23 at the Wayback Machine Antarctic Place-names Commission
References
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Archived 2020-12-23 at the Wayback Machine Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data Archived 2020-12-23 at the Wayback Machine in English)
External links
- Leyka Lake. Archived 2020-02-15 at the Wayback Machine Adjusted Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.