Osogovo Bay
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 Osogovo Bay with Astor Island (right). In the background: Mount Friesland |
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| Waters | Drake Street and New Plymouth | |
| Land mass | Rugged Island , Astor Island and Livingston Island ( South Shetland Islands ) | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 39 '5 " S , 61 ° 11' 42" W | |
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The Osogovo Bay (English; Bulgarian залив Осогово saliw Osogowo ) is a bay in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is bounded by the south coast of Rugged Island , by Astor Island and the west coast of the Byers Peninsula south of Laager Point in the west of Livingston Island . Its southwest entrance is between Benson Point on Rugged Island and Devils Point on Livingston Island. To the north it goes from Astor Island into New Plymouth Bay .
The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2005 after the Osogowo Mountains in western Bulgaria .
Web links
- Osogovo Bay in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)