Opitsvet Lake


Opitsvet Lake is the lake extending 420 m in west–east direction and 410 m in north–south direction on the southeast coast of Rozhen Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It has a surface area of 11 ha and is separated from the waters of Brunow Bay on the east and Bransfield Strait on the south by a 70 to 150 m wide strip of land. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.
The feature is named after the settlement of Opitsvet and the eponymous marsh in Western Bulgaria.

Location

Opitsvet Lake is situated at the base of Samuel Point and centred at, which is 600 m east of Needle Peak and 2.78 km southwest of Vazov Point. Bulgarian mapping of the area in 2009 and 2017.

Maps