Bikorn Lake (, ) is the lake occupying most of the interior of Treklyano Island off the northeast coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It extends in west-northwest to east-southeast direction and in south–north direction, with a surface area of , and is separated from the waters of Nelson Strait by a wide strip of land. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.
The feature is so named because of its shape supposedly resembling a bicorne hat ('bikorn' in Bulgarian).
Location
Bikorn Lake is centred east of Ugarchin Point and west of Smirnenski Point. British mapping of the area in 1968 and Bulgarian in 2009.
Maps Livingston Island to King George Island. Scale 1:200000. Admiralty Nautical Chart 1776. Taunton: UK Hydrographic Office, 1968 South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:200000 topographic map No. 3373. DOS 610 - W 62 58. Tolworth, UK, 1968 L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands . Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated
References
External links Bikorn Lake. Adjusted Copernix satellite image