Domino Lake Explained

Domino Lake (Bulgarian: езеро Доминото|ezero Dominoto, in Bulgarian pronounced as /'ɛzɛro 'dɔminoto/) is the 308 m long in southeast–northwest direction and 67 m wide lake on Aktinia Beach, Snow Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It has a surface area of 1.33 ha and is separated from the waters of Boyd Strait by a 20 to 42 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 domino mask.

Location

Domino Lake is situated on the southeast side of Rebrovo Point and centred at -62.8301°N -61.4715°W,[2] which is 2.5 km northwest of Cape Conway and 3.1 km southeast of Monroe Point. British mapping of the area in 1968 and Bulgarian in 2009.

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Notes and References

  1. 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
  2. http://apcbg.org/gazet.pdf Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.