Krakra Bluff
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,_Antarctica.jpg) View from South Bay to Krakra Bluff |
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 38 ′ 28 ″ S , 60 ° 33 ′ 29 ″ W | |
| Waters 1 | South Bay | |
The Krakra Bluff (English; Bulgarian рид Кракра ) is a rocky and 140 m high cliff on the northwest shore of South Bay on the south side of Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It rises 2 km east of Ustra Peak and 5.2 km west of Ereby Point above Memorable Beach .
The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2005 after the Bulgarian boyar and warlord Krakra von Pernik , who worked in the 10th and 11th centuries .
Web links
- Krakra Bluff in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)