Limez Peninsula
| Limez Peninsula | ||
| Geographical location | ||
|
||
| Coordinates | 63 ° 14 '50 " S , 62 ° 11' 40" W | |
| Waters 1 | Kazichene Cove and Smochevo Cove | |
| Waters 2 | Berraz Bay | |
| length | 3.3 km | |
| width | 2.4 km | |
The Limez Peninsula ( Bulgarian полуостров Лимец poluostrow Limez ) is a north-south orientation 3.3 km long, 2.4 km wide and mostly not icy peninsula , which forms the northwestern extension of Low Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It lies between Kazichene Cove and Smochevo Cove in the west and Berraz Bay in the east. It ends in the north in the form of Cape Wallace .
British scientists mapped it in 1968 and 2009. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2013 after the town of Limez in southern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Limets Peninsula in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)