Apiaria Bight
| Apiaria Bight | ||
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| Waters | Southern ocean | |
| Land mass | Brabant Island , Palmer Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 1 ′ 40 ″ S , 62 ° 31 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| width | 5.7 km | |
| depth | 1.7 km | |
The Apiaria Bight (English; Bulgarian залив Апиария saliw Apiarija ) is a 5.7 km wide and 1.7 km long bay in the northwest of the Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago west of the Antarctic Peninsula . On the northwest coast of the Pasteur Peninsula , it lies northeast of Metchnikoff Point and southwest of Cape Roux .
British scientists made mappings in 1980 and 2008. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2015 after the Roman camp Apiaria in northeastern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Apiaria Cove in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)