{{Short description|Lake in Antarctica}} thumb|Location of Byers Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands [[File:ASPA-126-Byers-Peninsula.png|thumb|Topographic map of Antarctic Specially Protected Area ''ASPA 126 Byers Peninsula'']] thumb|Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands '''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, the imagos of which are found beneath the surrounding rock debris in summer.
==Location== Midge Lake is centred at {{coord|62|37|49|S|61|05|42|W|}} which is 860 m northwest of Chester Cone and 1.19 km southeast of President Hill (British mapping in 1968, detailed Spanish mapping in 1992, and Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009).
==Maps== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20131109084308/http://hercules.cedex.es/Ecosistemas/ByersRadar.pdf#55#55 Península Byers, Isla Livingston.] Mapa topográfico a escala 1:25000. Madrid: Servicio Geográfico del Ejército, 1992. * L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005. * 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. {{ISBN|978-954-92032-6-4}} * 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=110141 Midge Lake.] SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
Category:Bodies of water of Livingston Island
Category:Lakes of the South Shetland Islands
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