{{short description|Lagoon in Antarctica}} thumb|Location of Hurd Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. [[File:Grand-Lagoon-Livingston.jpg|thumb|Grand Lagoon from Hesperides Hill.]] thumb|Topographic map of the Bulgarian Base area featuring Grand Lagoon. thumb|Topographic map of Livingston Island and Smith Island. '''Grand Lagoon''' ({{langx|bg|Голямата лагуна|Golyamata Laguna}}, {{IPA|bg|ɡoˈʎamɐtɐ ɫɐˈɡunɐ|IPA}}) is a {{convert|1|ha|adj=on}} freshwater lagoon of elevation {{convert|2.4|m|ft}} on Bulgarian Beach, Hurd Peninsula in eastern Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Formed by Rezovski Creek and separated from sea by a moraine of elevation near {{convert|3|m|ft}}. Surmounted by Pesyakov Hill. On the northeast side of the lagoon is the helipad of the Bulgarian base, and on its southwest side — the designated embarkation area and a shed hosting the base's Zodiac inflatable boats. A descriptive name, established in use at the time of approval.
==Location== The midpoint of the lagoon is located at {{coord|62|38|30|S|60|22|05|W|display=inline,title}}. Bulgarian mapping from a ground survey accomplished during the austral summer of 1995–96.
==Maps== * L.L. Ivanov. St. Kliment Ohridski Base, Livingston Island. Scale 1:1000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 1996. (The first Bulgarian Antarctic topographic map, in Bulgarian) * L.L. Ivanov. Livingston Island: Central-Eastern Region. Scale 1:25000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 1996. * L.L. Ivanov. [http://apcbg.org/image023.jpg Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands]. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. * [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lyubomir_Ivanov4/publication/318452413_SCAR_SCAGI_National_Report_2017_Bulgaria/ Bulgarian Base (Sheet 1 and Sheet 2): Antarctica, South Shetland Islands, Livingston Island.] Scale 1:2000 topographic map. Sofia: Military Geographic Service, 2016. (in Bulgarian, map images on slides 6 and 7 of the linked report) * L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Smith Island. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2017. {{ISBN|978-619-90008-3-0}}
==References== * [https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=105013 Grand Lagoon.] SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer * [http://apcbg.org/gazet-bg.pdf Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.] Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, [http://apcbg.org/gazet.pdf basic data] in English)
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Category:Bodies of water of Livingston Island Category:Lakes of the South Shetland Islands
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used without permission.