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Heksagon Tarn

Coordinates: 62°38′46″S 60°34′59″W / 62.64611°S 60.58306°W / -62.64611; -60.58306
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Location of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands

Heksagon Tarn (Bulgarian: езеро Хексагона, romanizedezero Heksagona, IPA: ['ɛzɛro hɛksɐ'gɔnɐ]) is the lake on the northwest coast of South Bay, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica extending 140 m in west–east direction and 100 m in south–north direction. It has a surface area of 1.04 ha and is situated 130 m from the sea. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.[1]

The feature is so named because of its supposed hexagon shape ('heksagon' in Bulgarian).

Location

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Heksagon Tarn is centred at 62°38′46″S 60°34′59″W / 62.64611°S 60.58306°W / -62.64611; -60.58306,[2] which is 1.9 km northeast of Hannah Point and 1.37 km west-southwest of Lukovo Point. British mapping of the area in 1968 and Bulgarian in 2009 and 2017.

Maps

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Topographic map of Livingston Island and Smith Island
  • 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 No. 3373. DOS 610 - W 62 58. Tolworth, UK, 1968
  • L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2010. ISBN 978-954-92032-9-5 (First edition 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
  • 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.