# Midge Lake

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{{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](/source/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](/source/Byers_Peninsula), [Livingston Island](/source/Livingston_Island) in the [South Shetland Islands](/source/South_Shetland_Islands), [Antarctica](/source/Antarctica). The feature is arcuate in shape, extending 575 m in southwest-northeast direction and 125 m wide, surmounted by [Chester Cone](/source/Chester_Cone) on the southeast, and draining through a 2 km stream north-northeastwards into [Baba Tonka Cove](/source/Baba_Tonka_Cove).

The lake's name derives from the [chironomid](/source/Chironomidae) [midge](/source/midge) ''Belgica antarctica'', a rare and localized insect in the South Shetlands, the [imago](/source/imago)s 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](/source/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](/source/%3Acommons%3AImage%3ALivingston-Greenwich-map.jpg). 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](/source/%3Acommons%3AFile%3ALivingston-Island-Map-2010-15.png). 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](/source/Composite_Antarctic_Gazetteer)

Category:Bodies of water of Livingston Island

Category:Lakes of the South Shetland Islands

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