Basalt Lake

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Basalt Lake is a small freshwater lake surrounded by three basalt outcrops with ‘organ-pipe’ formations in their rocks, situated in the central part of the ice-free Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. and draining through a {{convert|1.6|km}} stream southwards into Bransfield Strait.

The feature is descriptively named from the surrounding rock formations.

Location

Basalt Lake is centred at {{coord|62|38|35|S|61|03|33.7|W|}} which is {{convert|4.07|km}} northeast of Sealer Hill, {{convert|1.85|km}} east of Usnea Plug, {{convert|1.5|km}} east-southeast of Chester Cone, {{convert|3.02|km}} west-southwest of Tsamblak Hill and {{convert|3.22|km}} west-northwest from Negro Hill (British mapping in 1968, detailed Spanish mapping in 1992, and Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009).

Map

[https://web.archive.org/web/20131109084308/http://hercules.cedex.es/Ecosistemas/ByersRadar.pdf#55#55 Península Byers, Isla Livingston.] Mapa topográfico a escala 1:25000. Madrid: Servicio Geográfico del Ejército, 1992.
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. [http://apcbg.org/image023.jpg Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.] Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. {{ISBN|978-954-92032-6-4}}

References

[http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/ SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer].

Category:Bodies of water of Livingston Island

Category:Lakes of the South Shetland Islands