Leyka Lake

Leyka Lake (Bulgarian: езеро Лейката, romanized: ezero Leykata, IPA: ['ɛzɛro 'lejkɐtɐ]) is the 180 m long in southeast–northwest direction and 100 m wide lake on Baba Marta Beach, Nelson Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It has a surface area of 1.5 ha and is separated from the waters of Bransfield Strait by a 25 to 35 m 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 at 62°20′57″S 59°06′39″W / 62.34917°S 59.11083°W / -62.34917; -59.11083,^[2] which is 600 m east by south of Ross Point, 6.75 km west by south of Ivan Alexander Point and 3.28 km west-northwest of Vidaurre Point, the south extremity of the island. British mapping of the area in 1968.

Livingston Island to King George Island. Scale 1:200000. Admiralty Nautical Chart 1776. Taunton: UK Hydrographic Office, 1968
South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:200000 topographic map No. 3373. DOS 610 - W 62 58. Tolworth, UK, 1968
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated

^ L. Ivanov. General Geography and History of Livingston Island. In: Bulgarian Antarctic Research: A Synthesis. Eds. C. Pimpirev and N. Chipev. Sofia: St. Kliment Ohridski University Press, 2015. pp. 17–28
^ Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.

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