Proteus Lake


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. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.
The feature is named after the water deity Proteus in Greek mythology.

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