Ginkgo Tarn
| Ginkgo Tarn | |
|---|---|
| езеро Гинкго (Bulgarian) | |
 Location of Nelson Island in the South Shetland Islands | |
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| Location | Long Beach, Nelson Island, South Shetland Islands |
| Coordinates | 62°20′47″S 59°06′26″W / 62.34639°S 59.10722°W |
| Type | Lake |
| Basin countries | Antarctica |
| Max. length | 100 m (330 ft) |
| Max. width | 140 m (460 ft) |
| Surface area | 1.5 ha (3.7 acres) |
| Location | |
Ginkgo Tarn (Bulgarian: езеро Гинкго, romanized: ezero Ginkgo, IPA: ['ɛzɛro 'ginko]) is the lake extending 140 m (460 ft) in southeast–northwest direction and 100 m (330 ft) in southwest–northeast direction on Long Beach, Nelson Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It has a surface area of 1.5 ha (3.7 acres) and drains westwards into Platno Lake by way of a 250 m (820 ft) 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 820 m (0.5 mi) east-northeast of Ross Point, 6.55 km (4.07 mi) west of Ivan Alexander Point and 3.4 km (2.1 mi) 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
- ^ Pimpirev, Khristo; Chipev, N. (2015). Bulgarian Antarctic Research: A Synthesis. Sofia: "St. Kliment Ohridski" University Press. pp. 17–28. ISBN 978-954-07-3939-7. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
References
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links
- Ginkgo Tarn. Adjusted Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.