Sea Lion Tarn
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Sea Lion Tarn is a freshwater tarn
with an area of 0.3 ha (0.741315489045828 acre) 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
.
Tarn (lake)
A tarn is a mountain lake or pool, formed in a cirque excavated by a glacier. A moraine may form a natural dam below a tarn. A corrie may be called a cirque.The word is derived from the Old Norse word tjörn meaning pond...
with an area of 0.3 ha (0.741315489045828 acre) located between Sea Lion Glacier
Sea Lion Glacier
Sea Lion Glacier is the site of an isolated long glacier on Hurd Peninsula, eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica...
and the north-western slopes of Atlantic Club Ridge
Atlantic Club Ridge
The Atlantic Club Ridge is a ridge rising to 161 m on Hurd Peninsula in Eastern Livingston Island, Antarctica...
on Hurd Peninsula
Hurd Peninsula
Hurd Peninsula is the land between South Bay and False Bay on the south coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The Spanish Antarctic base Juan Carlos I and the Bulgarian Antarctic base St. Kliment Ohridski are situated on the west coast of the peninsula.The feature...
in eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands
South Shetland Islands
The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands, lying about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, with a total area of . By the Antarctic Treaty of 1959, the Islands' sovereignty is neither recognized nor disputed by the signatories and they are free for use by any signatory for...
, Antarctica. The lake drains westward through a 100 m creek into South Bay
South Bay, Livingston Island
South Bay is a wide bay indenting for the south coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The bay is lying northwest of False Bay and east of Walker Bay, and is entered between Hannah Point and Miers Bluff....
.
The feature takes its name from the adjacent Sea Lion Glacier
Sea Lion Glacier
Sea Lion Glacier is the site of an isolated long glacier on Hurd Peninsula, eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica...
.
Location
The midpoint is located at 62°38′48"S 60°22′14"W (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
