Eurydice Peninsula
| Eurydice Peninsula | ||
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 33 '50 " S , 61 ° 31' 40" W | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Waters 1 | Recess Cove | |
| Waters 2 | Charlotte Bay | |
| length | 7.4 km | |
| width | 8 kilometers | |
The Eurydice Peninsula ( Bulgarian полуостров Евридика poluostrow Ewridika ) is a 7.4 km long and 8 km wide peninsula on the Danco Coast in northern Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It lies between Recess Cove in the north and the rest of Charlotte Bay in the south. It ends at Sepúlveda Point in the north and Meusnier Point in the west.
British scientists mapped them in 1978. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named them in 2013 after the Thracian dryad Euridice , wife of Orpheus .
Web links
- Eurydice Peninsula in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)