Meltwater stream in Antarctica
Location of Hurd Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands Rezovski Creek from Sinemorets Hill , with Hespérides Point in the background Topographic map of the Bulgarian Base area featuring Rezovski Creek Topographic map of Livingston Island and Smith Island Rezovski Creek (Bulgarian : Резовски поток \'re-zov-ski po-'tok\) is a meltwater stream located on Livingston Island , Antarctica .
The 500-metre-long (1,600 ft) stream drains that portion of the northwestern slope of the Balkan Snowfield between Hesperides Hill , Atlantic Club Ridge , Krum Rock and Sinemorets Hill on Hurd Peninsula in eastern Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands in Antarctica . The arms of Rezovski Creek encompass the old buildings of the Bulgarian Base . Its lower course forms Grand Lagoon , and it has its mouth at the southwest extremity of Bulgarian Beach , which is used as an embarkation place servicing St. Kliment Ohridski Base .
A name of national geography, Rezovska is a river in southeastern Bulgaria . The name was established in use at the time of approval.
Location
The creek's midpoint is located at 62°38′28″S 60°21′57″W / 62.64111°S 60.36583°W / -62.64111; -60.36583 St. Kliment Ohridski Base vicinity from a topographic survey made from 31 January to 4 February 1996).
Maps
Isla Livingston: Península Hurd. Mapa topográfico de escala 1:25000. Madrid: Servicio Geográfico del Ejército, 1991. (Map reproduced on p. 16 of the linked work)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 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
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)Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.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.
