Nereid Lake


Nereid Lake is the trapezoidal lake 450 m long in west-southwest to east-northeast direction and 90 m wide in the eastern part of Flamingo Beach on the north coast of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It has a surface area of 3.8 ha and is separated from the waters of Orión Passage by a 20 to 40 m wide strip of land. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.
The feature is named after the Nereids, sea nymphs of Greek mythology.

Location

Nereid Lake is situated just west of Agüedo Point and centred at, which is 800 m east-southeast of Brusen Point. Bulgarian mapping in 2009 and 2017.

Maps