Kaska Lake (Bulgarian: езеро Каската, romanized: ezero Kaskata, IPA: ['ɛzɛro 'kaskɐtɐ]) is the 220 m long in west–east direction and 115 m wide lake on Triangulation Beach, Nelson Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It has a surface area of 1.85 ha and is separated from the waters of Bransfield Strait by a 12 to 38 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 combat helmet ('kaska' in Bulgarian).
Location
editKaska Lake is centred at 62°21′07″S 59°02′28″W / 62.35194°S 59.04111°W,[2] which is 460 m northeast of Vidaurre Point, the south extremity of the island, and 3.24 km west-southwest of Ivan Alexander Point. 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- Kaska 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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