Location of Hurd Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. Grand Lagoon from Hesperides Hill . Topographic map of the Bulgarian Base area featuring Grand Lagoon. Topographic map of Livingston Island and Smith Island. Grand Lagoon (Bulgarian : Голямата лагуна , romanized : Golyamata Laguna IPA: [ɡoˈʎamɐtɐ ɫɐˈɡunɐ] Bulgarian Beach , Hurd Peninsula in eastern Livingston Island , in the South Shetland Islands , Antarctica . Formed by Rezovski Creek and separated from sea by a moraine of elevation near 3 metres (9.8 ft). Surmounted by Pesyakov Hill . On the northeast side of the lagoon is the helipad of the Bulgarian base , and on its southwest side — the designated embarkation area and a shed hosting the base's Zodiac inflatable boats. A descriptive name, established in use at the time of approval.
Location
The midpoint of the lagoon is located at 62°38′30″S 60°22′05″W / 62.64167°S 60.36806°W / -62.64167; -60.36806
Maps
L.L. Ivanov. St. Kliment Ohridski Base, Livingston Island . Scale 1:1000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 1996. (The first Bulgarian Antarctic topographic map, in Bulgarian)
L.L. Ivanov. Livingston Island: Central-Eastern Region . Scale 1:25000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 1996.
L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands . Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009.
Bulgarian Base (Sheet 1 and Sheet 2): Antarctica, South Shetland Islands, Livingston Island. Scale 1:2000 topographic map. Sofia: Military Geographic Service, 2016. (in Bulgarian, map images on slides 6 and 7 of the linked report)L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Smith Island . Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2017. ISBN 978-619-90008-3-0
References
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
