Domino Lake

Location of Snow Island in the South Shetland Islands
Topographic map of Livingston, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands

Domino Lake (Bulgarian: езеро Доминото, romanizedezero Dominoto, IPA: ['ɛzɛro 'dɔminoto]) is the 308 m long in southeast–northwest direction and 67 m wide lake on Aktinia Beach, Snow Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It has a surface area of 1.33 ha and is separated from the waters of Boyd Strait by a 20 to 42 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 domino mask.

Location

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Domino Lake is situated on the southeast side of Rebrovo Point and centred at 62°49′48.5″S 61°28′17.5″W / 62.830139°S 61.471528°W / -62.830139; -61.471528,[2] which is 2.5 km northwest of Cape Conway and 3.1 km southeast of Monroe Point. British mapping of the area in 1968 and Bulgarian in 2009.

Maps

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  • 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. DOS 610 Sheet W 62 60. Tolworth, UK, 1968
  • L.L. Ivanov. 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
  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated

Notes

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  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission

References

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This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.