Montemno Lake

Montemno Lake
Location of lake in the South Shetland Islands
Location of lake in the South Shetland Islands
Montemno Lake
LocationLivingston Island, Antarctica
Coordinates62°38′41″S 60°58′17″W / 62.64472°S 60.97139°W / -62.64472; -60.97139
Lake typeGlacial lake
Primary outflowsBedek Stream
Max. length190 metres (620 ft)
Max. width70 metres (230 ft)
Surface area0.96 hectares (2.4 acres)
Eastern Byers Peninsula in Livingston Island with Robbery Beaches and Tsamblak Hill in the middle, and left to right Rowe Point, Ivanov Beach, Urvich Wall and Clark Nunatak in the background
Map of Antarctic Specially Protected Area ASPA 126 Byers Peninsula
Map of Livingston, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands

Montemno Lake (Bulgarian: езеро Монтемно, romanized: ezero Montemno, IPA: [ˈɛzɛro monˈtɛmno]) is the 190 m long in southeast–northwest direction and 70 m wide lake on eastern Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It has a surface area of 0.96 ha and drains northwards into Barclay Bay by way of Bedek Stream.[1]

The feature is named after the ancient Roman road station of Montemno in Northern Bulgaria.[1]

  1. ^ a b Montemno Lake. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica