Midge Lake [SEP] continent
Midge Lake
Midge Lake is the largest among numerous freshwater lakes on the ice-free Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The feature is arcuate in shape, extending 575 m in southwest-northeast direction and 125 m wide, surmounted by Chester Cone on the southeast, and draining through a 2 km stream north-northeastwards into Baba Tonka Cove.
The lake's name derives from the chironomid midge "Belgica antarctica", a rare and localized insect in the South Shetlands
Creek and Lost Ledge sites).
343 hectares.
Kootenay Lake Provincial Park (Midge Creek site).
223 hectares.
Kootenay Lake Provincial Park (Campbell Bay site).
25 hectares.
Kootenay Lake Provincial Park (Coffee Creek site).
52 hectares.
External links.
- Kootenay Lake Provincial Park (Davis Creek and Lost Ledge sites)
- Kootenay Lake Provincial Park (Midge Creek site)
- Kootenay Lake Provincial Park (Campbell Bay site)
- Kootenay Lake