Feya Tarn

{{short description|Antarctic tarn}}

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File:Byers Peninsula, eastern part.jpg in Livingston Island with Robbery Beaches and Tsamblak Hill in the middle, and left to right Rowe Point, Ivanov Beach, Urvich Wall and Clark Nunatak in the background]]

File:ASPA-126-Byers-Peninsula.png ASPA 126 Byers Peninsula]]

File:Livingston-Island-Map-2010.jpg, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands]]

Feya Tarn ({{langx|bg|езеро Фея|ezero Feya}}, {{IPA|bg|ˈɛzɛro ˈfɛjɐ|IPA}}) is the oval-shaped 65 m long in south–north direction and 60 m wide tarn on eastern Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It has a surface area of 0.28 ha and drains northwards into Barclay Bay by way of Eridanus Stream.[https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=139216 Feya Tarn.] SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

The feature is named after the mythical creatures in European folklore, Feya being the Bulgarian for Fay, Fairy.

Location

Feya Tarn is centred at {{coord|62|38|27|S|61|00|44.5|W|display=inline}}, which is 3.15 km south-southeast of Lair Point, 1.75 m south-southwest of Sparadok Point and 500 m west-southwest of Tsamblak Hill. Detailed Spanish mapping in 1992, and Bulgarian mapping in 2009 and 2017.

Maps

  • [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. 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}}
  • L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Smith Island. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2017. {{ISBN|978-619-90008-3-0}}
  • [http://www.add.scar.org Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).] Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated

See also

Notes

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References

  • [https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=139216 Feya Tarn.] SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
  • [http://apcbg.org/gazet-bg.pdf Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.] Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, [http://apcbg.org/gazet.pdf basic data] in English)
  • [http://www.ats.aq/documents/recatt%5Catt591_e.pdf Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 126 Byers Peninsula.] Measure 4 (2016), ATCM XXXIX Final Report. Santiago, 2016