Feya Tarn | |
Location: | Livingston Island, Antarctica |
Coordinates: | -62.6408°N -61.0124°W |
Lake Type: | Glacial lake |
Outflow: | Eridanus Stream |
Pushpin Map: | South Shetland Islands |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Location of lake in the South Shetland Islands |
Feya Tarn (Bulgarian: езеро Фея|ezero Feya, in Bulgarian pronounced as /ˈɛzɛro ˈfɛjɐ/) is the oval-shaped 65 m long in south–north direction and 60 m wide tarn on eastern Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It has a surface area of 0.28 ha and drains northwards into Barclay Bay by way of Eridanus Stream.[1]
The feature is named after the mythical creatures in European folklore, Feya being the Bulgarian for Fay, Fairy.[1]
Feya Tarn is centred at -62.6408°N -61.0124°W, which is 3.15 km south-southeast of Lair Point, 1.75 m south-southwest of Sparadok Point and 500 m west-southwest of Tsamblak Hill. Detailed Spanish mapping in 1992, and Bulgarian mapping in 2009 and 2017.