Obitel Peninsula
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 28 ′ 20 ″ S , 63 ° 50 ′ 0 ″ W | |
| Waters 1 | Hamburg harbor | |
| Waters 2 | Perrier Bay | |
| length | 6.9 km | |
| width | 6.6 km | |
The Obitel Peninsula ( Bulgarian полуостров Обител poluostrow Obitel ) is a largely icy, 6.9 km long and 6.6 km wide peninsula in the northwest of the Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . It separates the Hamburg harbor from the Perrier Bay . In the west it ends in Bonnier Point , in the north in Giard Point ,
British scientists mapped it in 1980. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2013 after the town of Obitel in northeastern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Obitel Peninsula in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)