Kaska Lake Explained
Kaska Lake (Bulgarian: езеро Каската|ezero Kaskata, in Bulgarian pronounced as /'ɛzɛro 'kaskɐtɐ/) is the 220 m long in west–east direction and 115 m wide lake on Triangulation Beach, Nelson Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It has a surface area of 1.85 ha and is separated from the waters of Bransfield Strait by a 12 to 38 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 combat helmet ('kaska' in Bulgarian).
Location
Kaska Lake is centred at -62.3519°N -59.0411°W,[2] which is 460 m northeast of Vidaurre Point, the south extremity of the island, and 3.24 km west-southwest of Ivan Alexander Point. British mapping of the area in 1968.
Maps
- Livingston Island to King George Island. Scale 1:200000. Admiralty Nautical Chart 1776. Taunton: UK Hydrographic Office, 1968
- South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:200000 topographic map No. 3373. DOS 610 - W 62 58. Tolworth, UK, 1968
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated
References
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Notes and References
- 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
- http://apcbg.org/gazet.pdf Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.
