Istros Bay
| Istros Bay | ||
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| Waters | Southern ocean | |
| Land mass | Clarence Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 61 ° 14 ′ 15 ″ S , 54 ° 2 ′ 30 ″ W | |
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| width | 3.2 km | |
| depth | 1.4 km | |
| Tributaries | Highton Glacier | |
The Istros Bay (English; Bulgarian Залив Истрос Saliw Istros ) is a 1.4 km long and 3.2 km wide bay on the east coast of Clarence Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is north of Lebed Point and south of Sugarloaf Island . The Highton Glacier flows into it .
British scientists mapped it in 1972 and 2009. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2014 after an ancient name for the lower section of the Danube .
Web links
- Istros Bay in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)