Juturna Lake Explained

Juturna Lake
Location:Livingston Island, Antarctica
Coordinates:-62.6706°N -60.9271°W
Lake Type:Glacial lake
Pushpin Map:South Shetland Islands
Pushpin Map Alt:Location of lake in the South Shetland Islands

Juturna Lake (Bulgarian: езеро Ютурна|ezero Yuturna, in Bulgarian pronounced as /ˈɛzɛro juˈturnɐ/) is the roughly triangular lake extending 220 m in west-east direction and 150 m in north-south direction at the east extremity of South Beaches on Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Its surface area is 1.9 ha. The lake is separated from sea by a 40 to 57 m wide strip of land, and drains by way of a 260 m long stream flowing into the sea west of Rish Point. It is surmounted by Ritli Hill on the east.[1] The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.[2]

The feature is named after Juturna, a Roman deity of springs and streams, daughter of Volturnus.[1]

Location

Juturna Lake is centred at -62.6706°N -60.9271°W, which is 320 m northeast of Rish Point and 870 m southwest of Clark Nunatak. Detailed Spanish mapping in 1992, and Bulgarian mapping in 2009 and 2017.

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Notes and References

  1. https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=139214 Juturna Lake.
  2. 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.