Sea Lion Tarn Explained
| Sea Lion Tarn |
| Pushpin Map: | South Shetland Islands |
| Coords: | -62.6467°N -60.3706°W |
| Basin Countries: | (Antarctica) |
| Area: | 0.3ha |
Sea Lion Tarn (Bulgarian: езеро Морски Лъв|ezero Morski Lav, in Bulgarian pronounced as /ˈɛzɛro ˈmɔrski ˈɫɤf/) is a freshwater tarn with an area of 0.3ha located between Sea Lion Glacier and the north-western slopes of Atlantic Club Ridge on Hurd Peninsula in eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The lake drains westward through a 100 m creek into South Bay.
The feature takes its name from the adjacent Sea Lion Glacier.
Location
The midpoint is located at -62.6467°N -60.3706°W (Bulgarian mapping from a 1995-1996 ground survey).
Maps
- L.L. Ivanov. Livingston Island: Central-Eastern Region. Scale 1:25000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 1996.
- L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
- L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009.
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updated.
- L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Smith Island. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2017.
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