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[[File:Greenwich-Island-location-map.png|thumb|Location of [[Greenwich Island]] in the [[South Shetland Islands]]]]
[[File:Livingston-Island-Map-2010-15.png|thumb|Topographic map of [[Livingston Island]] area featuring [[Flamingo Beach]]]]
'''Proteus Lake''' (, ) is the roughly pentagonal lake extending 300 m in west-east direction and 220 m in south-north direction in the central part of [[Flamingo Beach]] on the north coast of [[Greenwich Island]] in the [[South Shetland Islands]], [[Antarctica]]. It has a surface area of 3.9 ha and is separated from the waters of [[Orión Passage]] by a 20 to 35 m wide strip of land.<ref name=APC>[https://ift.tt/3a1xOVz Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer]</ref> The area was visited by early 19th century [[seal hunting|sealers]].<ref name=General>L. Ivanov. [https://ift.tt/1JKX5Bp General Geography and History of Livingston Island.] In: ''Bulgarian Antarctic Research: A Synthesis''. Eds. C. Pimpirev and N. Chipev. Sofia: St.&nbsp;Kliment Ohridski University Press, 2015. pp.&nbsp;17–28</ref>

The feature is named after the water deity [[Proteus]] in [[Greek mythology]].<ref name=APC/>

==Location==
Proteus Lake is situated at the base of [[Brusen Point]] and centred at , which is 1.42 km east-northeast of [[Terimer Point]] and 900 m west-southwest of [[Agüedo Point]]. Bulgarian mapping of the area in 2009 and 2017.

==Maps==
* L. Ivanov. [https://ift.tt/1GuDl6M Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.] Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009.
* L. Ivanov. [[:commons:File:Livingston-Island-Map-2010-15.png|Antarctica: Livingston Island and Smith Island]]. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2017.
* [http://www.add.scar.org Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).] Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated

==See also==
* [[Antarctic lakes]]

==Notes==


==References==
* [https://ift.tt/3a1xOVz Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.] [[Antarctic Place-names Commission]]. (details in Bulgarian, [https://ift.tt/2xliOo0 basic data] in English)

==External links==
* [https://ift.tt/3ccA6Tb Proteus Lake.] Adjusted Copernix satellite image





[[Category:Bodies of water of Livingston Island]]
[[Category:Lakes of the South Shetland Islands]]
[[Category:Bulgaria and the Antarctic]]

April 12, 2020 at 11:21PM