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Sea Lion Tarn

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Location
  
Livingston Island

Surface area
  
0.3 ha (0.74 acres)

Basin countries
  
(Antarctica)

Area
  
3,000 m²

Sea Lion Tarn

Sea Lion Tarn (Ezero Morski Lav \'e-ze-ro 'mor-ski 'l&v) is a freshwater tarn with an area of 0.3 ha (0.74 acres) 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.

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Map of Sea Lion Tarn, Antarctica

The feature takes its name from the adjacent Sea Lion Glacier.

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

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    Sea Lion Tarn Wikipedia
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