Arms of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Humic Lake

(Maidalen)

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Location: 54° 14' 53" S 36° 29' 40" W
a small relatively shallow lake situated in a rock basin amongst densely vegetated knolls, south-east of Burnet Cove, Maidalen. Named in reference to the dark-stained water caused by humic acid derived from the leachates of decaying peat on the adjacent slopes.