| Fontus Lake | |
| Location: | Livingston Island, Antarctica |
| Coordinates: | -62.6612°N -61.0053°W |
| Lake Type: | Glacial lake |
| Pushpin Map: | South Shetland Islands |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | Location of lake in the South Shetland Islands |
Fontus Lake (Bulgarian: езеро Фонт|ezero Font, in Bulgarian pronounced as /ˈɛzɛro ˈfɔnt/) is the oval-shaped 150 m long in south-southwest to north-northeast direction and 100 m wide lake in the middle part of South Beaches on Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It has a surface area of 1.9 ha and is separated from sea by a 53 to 64 m wide strip of land.[1] The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.[2]
The feature is named after Fontus, a Roman deity of springs and streams, son of Juturna.[1]
Fontus Lake is centred at -62.6612°N -61.0053°W, which is 600 m northeast of Dometa Point and 740 m south of Negro Hill. Detailed Spanish mapping in 1992, and Bulgarian mapping in 2009 and 2017.
