Name details

Fontus Lake

Fontus Lake (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Fontus Lake  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Bulgaria Gazetteer Id 139213

Feature type: Water body

Origin

This name originates from Bulgaria. It is part of the Bulgaria Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

The oval-shaped 150 m long in SSW-NNE direction and 100 m wide lake in the middle part of South Beaches on Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. Surface area 1.9 ha. Separated from sea by a 53 to 64 m wide strip of land. Centred 600 m NE of Dometa Point and 740 m S of Negro Hill.

Named For

Named after Fontus, a Roman deity of springs and streams, son of Juturna.

Location

Latitude:
62° 39' 40.4" S
-62.66122°
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Longitude:
61° 00' 19.0" W
-61.00528°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
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Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
27-Feb-2020

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