Fontus Lake

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File:ASPA-126-Byers-Peninsula.png ASPA 126 Byers Peninsula featuring Fontus Lake]]

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

Fontus Lake ({{langx|bg|езеро Фонт|ezero Font}}, {{IPA|bg|ˈɛzɛro ˈfɔnt|IPA}}) is the oval-shaped 150 m long in south-southwest to north-northeast direction and 100 m wide lake in the middle part of South Beaches on Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It has a surface area of 1.9 ha and is separated from sea by a 53 to 64 m wide strip of land.[https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=139213 Fontus Lake.] SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.L. Ivanov. [http://livingston-island.weebly.com/ 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.

The feature is named after Fontus, a Roman deity of springs and streams, son of Juturna.

Location

Fontus Lake is centred at {{coord|62|39|40.4|S|61|00|19|W|display=inline}}, which is 600 m northeast of Dometa Point and 740 m south of Negro 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

Notes

References

[https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=139213 Fontus Lake.] 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)
J. Ruiz-Fernández and M. Oliva. [https://bioone.org/journals/arctic-antarctic-and-alpine-research/volume-48/issue-2/AAAR0015-014/Relative-Paleoenvironmental-Adjustments-Following-Deglaciation-of-the-Byers-Peninsula-Livingston/10.1657/AAAR0015-014.full?tab=ArticleLinkFigureTable Relative Paleoenvironmental Adjustments Following Deglaciation of the Byers Peninsula (Livingston Island, Antarctica).] Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 48 (2016) 2. pp. 345-359. (Figure 2: Map of Negro Hill area featuring Fontus Lake)
[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

External links

[https://copernix.io/#?where=-61.00618458664703,-62.66149053266971,17&?query=&?map_type=hybrid Fontus Lake.] Adjusted Copernix satellite image

Category:Bodies of water of Livingston Island

Category:Lakes of the South Shetland Islands

Category:Bulgaria and the Antarctic