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Kapka Lake

Coordinates: 61°09′19.8″S 54°51′10″W / 61.155500°S 54.85278°W / -61.155500; -54.85278
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Location of Elephant Island in the South Shetland Islands
Map of Elephant Island

Kapka Lake (Bulgarian: езеро Капката, romanizedezero Kapkata, IPA: ['ɛzɛro 'kapkɐtɐ]) is the 125 m long in southwest–northeast direction and 76 m wide lake on the south coast of Elephant Island in the South Shetland Islands. It has a surface area of 0.32 ha and is separated from the waters of Mendoza Cove by a 20 to 50 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 drop ('kapka' in Bulgarian).

Location

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Kapka Lake is centred at 61°09′19.8″S 54°51′10″W / 61.155500°S 54.85278°W / -61.155500; -54.85278,[2] which is 8.25 km west of Walker Point. British mapping of the area in 1822,1972 and 2009.

Maps

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Notes

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  1. ^ A. Gurney. Below the Convergence: Voyages Toward Antarctica, 1699-1839. New York: Penguin Books, 1998. 315 pp.
  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.