Kaska Lake
# Kaska Lake

Kaska Lake (Bulgarian: езеро Каската, romanized: ezero Kaskata, IPA: ['ɛzɛro 'kaskɐtɐ]) is the 220 m long in west–east direction and 115 m wide lake on Triangulation Beach, Nelson Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It has a surface area of 1.85 ha and is separated from the waters of Bransfield Strait by a 12 to 38 m wide strip of land. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.

The feature is so named because of its shape supposedly resembling a combat helmet ('kaska' in Bulgarian).

## Location

Kaska Lake is centred at 62°21′07″S 59°02′28″W﻿ / ﻿62.35194°S 59.04111°W﻿ / -62.35194; -59.04111, which is 460 m northeast of Vidaurre Point, the south extremity of the island, and 3.24 km west-southwest of Ivan Alexander Point. British mapping of the area in 1968.

## Maps

* Livingston Island to King George Island. Scale 1:200000. Admiralty Nautical Chart 1776. Taunton: UK Hydrographic Office, 1968
* South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:200000 topographic map No. 3373. DOS 610 - W 62 58. Tolworth, UK, 1968
* Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated
