Acheron Lake


Acheron Lake is the B-shaped 315 m long in southwest-northeast direction and 186 m wide lake on President Beaches, Byers Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It has a surface area of 4.4 ha, and is separated from Osogovo Bay waters by a 10 to 25 m wide strip of land. Lucifer Crags surmount the lake on the southwest. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.
The feature is named after Acheron River in Greek underworld.

Location

Acheron Lake is centred at, which is 1 km south of Point Smellie, 1 km west-northwest of Wasp Hill and 1.9 km northeast of Devils Point.1.4 km north-northeast of Point Smellie. Detailed Spanish mapping in 1992, and Bulgarian mapping in 2009 and 2017.

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