Ginkgo Tarn Explained

Ginkgo Tarn (Bulgarian: езеро Гинкго|ezero Ginkgo, in Bulgarian pronounced as /'ɛzɛro 'ginko/) is the lake extending 140 m in southeast–northwest direction and 100 m in southwest–northeast direction on Long Beach, Nelson Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It has a surface area of 1.5 ha and drains westwards into Platno Lake by way of a 250 m long stream. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.[1]

The feature is so named because of its shape supposedly resembling a ginkgo tree leaf.

Location

Ginkgo Tarn is centred at -62.3464°N -59.1072°W,[2] which is 820 m east-northeast of Ross Point, 6.55 km west of Ivan Alexander Point and 3.17 km 3.4 km west-northwest of Vidaurre Point, the south extremity of the island. British mapping of the area in 1968.

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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.