| Opitsvet Lake | |
|---|---|
  Opitsvet Lake | |
| Location | Livingston Island, Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 62°43′37″S 60°09′12″W / 62.72694°S 60.15333°W |
| Lake type | Glacial lake |
| Max. length | 420 metres (1,380 ft) |
| Max. width | 410 metres (1,350 ft) |
| Surface area | 11 hectares (27 acres) |
Opitsvet Lake (Bulgarian: езеро Опицвет, romanized: ezero Opitsvet, IPA: [ˈɛzɛro oˈpit͡svɛt]) is the lake extending 420 m in west–east direction and 410 m in north–south direction on the southeast coast of Rozhen Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It has a surface area of 11 ha and is separated from the waters of Brunow Bay on the east and Bransfield Strait on the south by a 70 to 150 m wide strip of land.[1] The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.[2]
The feature is named after the settlement of Opitsvet and the eponymous marsh in Western Bulgaria.[1]
- ^ a b Opitsvet Lake. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
- ^ 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