Sea Lion Tarn

Sea Lion Tarn
Sea Lion Tarn from the north slopes of Atlantic Club Ridge, with South Bay in the background
Location Livingston Island
Coordinates 62°38′48″S 60°22′14″W / 62.64667°S 60.37056°W / -62.64667; -60.37056Coordinates: 62°38′48″S 60°22′14″W / 62.64667°S 60.37056°W / -62.64667; -60.37056
Basin countries (Antarctica)
Surface area 0.3 ha (0.74 acres)
Location of Hurd Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Topographic map of central-eastern Livingston Island featuring Sea Lion Tarn.
Topographic map of Livingston Island and Smith Island

Sea Lion Tarn (Ezero Morski Lav \'e-ze-ro 'mor-ski 'l&v\) is a freshwater tarn with an area of 0.3 ha (0.74 acres) 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°38′48″S 60°22′14″W / 62.64667°S 60.37056°W / -62.64667; -60.37056 (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. 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 updated.
  • L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Smith Island. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2017. ISBN 978-619-90008-3-0


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


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