Location of Nelson Island in the South Shetland Islands

Ginkgo Tarn (Bulgarian: езеро Гинкго, romanized: ezero Ginkgo, IPA: ['ɛzɛro 'ginko]) is the lake extending 140 m in southeast–northwest direction and 100 m in southwest–northeast direction on Long Beach, Nelson Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It has a surface area of 1.5 ha and drains westwards into Platno Lake by way of a 250 m long stream. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.[1]

The feature is so named because of its shape supposedly resembling a ginkgo tree leaf.

Location

Ginkgo Tarn is centred at 62°20′47″S 59°06′26″W / 62.34639°S 59.10722°W / -62.34639; -59.10722,[2] which is 820 m east-northeast of Ross Point, 6.55 km west of Ivan Alexander Point and 3.17 km 3.4 km west-northwest of Vidaurre Point, the south extremity of the island. British mapping of the area in 1968.

Maps

  • 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
  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated

Notes

  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

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


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