Bedek Stream


Bedek Stream is the 3.2 km long stream on eastern Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica draining the lakes of Oread and Montemno. It flows northwards along the west side of Urvich Wall and the east side of Tsamblak Hill, crosses Robbery Beaches and empties into Barclay Bay just east of Sparadok Point. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.
Bedek is a Thracian toponym preserved in the names of Big and Little Bedek Peaks, and Bedechka River in Central Bulgaria.

Location

Bedek Stream is centred at. Detailed Spanish mapping in 1992, and Bulgarian mapping of the area in 2009 and 2017.

Maps

  • Mapa topográfico a escala 1:25000. Madrid: Servicio Geográfico del Ejército, 1992
  • L. Ivanov. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009.
  • L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Smith Island. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2017.
  • Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research. Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated