Fontus Lake


Fontus Lake is the oval-shaped 150 m long in south-southwest to north-northeast direction and 100 m wide lake in the middle part of South Beaches on Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It has a surface area of 1.9 ha and is separated from sea by a 53 to 64 m wide strip of land. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.
The feature is named after Fontus, a Roman deity of springs and streams, son of Juturna.

Location

Fontus Lake is centred at, which is 600 m northeast of Dometa Point and 740 m south of Negro Hill. Detailed Spanish mapping in 1992, and Bulgarian mapping in 2009 and 2017.

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