Sexaginta Prista Bay
| Sexaginta Prista Bay | ||
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| Waters | Exasperation Inlet | |
| Land mass | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Geographical location | 65 ° 24 ′ 5 ″ S , 62 ° 6 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| width | 6.5 km | |
| depth | 4 km | |
The Sexaginta Prista Bay (English, Bulgarian залив Сексагинта Приста saliw Seksaginta Prista ) is a 6.5 km wide and 4 km long bay at the Oskar-II. coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located as a side bay of the Exasperation Inlet southwest of Delusion Point and northeast of Radovene Point . The bay was formed as a result of the break-up of the Larsen Ice Shelf in 2002 and the subsequent retreat of the Mapple Glacier .
The bay was surveyed in 2012. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2013 after the Roman settlement Sexaginta Prista , which is now in the urban area of Rousse in northeastern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Sexaginta Prista Bay in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)