Platno Lake (Bulgarian: езеро Платното, romanized: ezero Platnoto, IPA: ['ɛzɛro plɐt'nɔto]) is the 410 m long in southwest–northeast direction and 170 m wide lake on Long Beach, Nelson Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It has a surface area of 4.2 ha and is separated from the waters of Bransfield Strait by a 40 to 110 m wide strip of land. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.[1]
| Platno Lake | |
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| езеро Платното (Bulgarian) | |
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  Platno Lake Location in Antarctica | |
| Location | Nelson Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica |
| Type | Natural lake |
| Basin countries | Antarctica |
| Max. length | 410 m (1345.1 feet) |
| Max. width | 170 m (557.7 feet) |
| Surface area | 4.2 ha (10.4 acres) |
The feature is so named because of its shape supposedly resembling a sail ('platno' in Bulgarian).
Location edit
Platno Lake is situated at the base of Ross Point and centred at 62°20′51″S 59°06′48″W / 62.34750°S 59.11333°W,[2] which is 3.56 km southeast of The Toe and 3.4 km west-northwest of Vidaurre Point, the south extremity of the island. British mapping of the area in 1968.
Maps edit
- 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
Notes edit
- ^ 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
References edit
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links edit
- Platno Lake. Adjusted Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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