Rawen Peninsula
| Rawen Peninsula | ||
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 38 ′ 0 ″ S , 60 ° 23 ′ 0 ″ W | |
| Waters 1 | Odrin Bay | |
| Waters 2 | Desislava Cove | |
| length | 5.5 km | |
| width | 5.2 km | |
The rawen Peninsula ( Bulgarian полуостров Равен poluostrow rawen ) is a 5.5 km long and 5.2 km wide peninsula at the Nordenskjöld Coast in the east of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It lies between Odrin Bay in the north and Desislava Cove in the southwest. The peninsula ends in the southeast in Cape Worsley .
British scientists mapped it in 1978. Bulgarian scientists named it in 2013 after the medieval town of Rawen in southwestern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Raven Peninsula in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)