Alfatar Peninsula
| Alfatar Peninsula | ||
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 22 '15 " S , 59 ° 39' 38" W | |
| location | Robert Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Waters 1 | Mitchell Cove | |
| Waters 2 | Coppermine Cove , Carlota Cove, and Clothier Harbor | |
| length | 4 km | |
| width | 2.8 km | |
The Alfatar Peninsula ( Bulgarian полуостров Алфатар poluostrow Alfatar ) is a 4 km long and 2.8 km wide peninsula with a northeast-southwest orientation at the northwest end of Robert Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It separates Mitchell Cove from Coppermine Cove , Carlota Cove and Clothier Harbor . To the west it runs out in the form of the 1.7 km long and 0.5 km wide Coppermine Peninsula .
Bulgarian scientists mapped it in 2008. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it that same year after the city of Alfatar in northeastern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Alfatar Peninsula in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)