Strescher Peninsula
| Strescher Peninsula | ||
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| Coordinates | 66 ° 16 ′ S , 65 ° 27 ′ W | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Waters 1 | Holtedahl Bay , Auvert Bay | |
| Waters 2 | Darbel Bay | |
| length | 24 km | |
| width | 30 km | |
The Strescher Peninsula ( Bulgarian полуостров Стрешер poluostrow Strescher ) is a 24 km long, 30 km wide and mostly ice-covered peninsula in the west of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It lies between Holtedahl Bay in the northeast, Auvert Bay in the northwest and Darbel Bay in the southwest. Its western extension, Cape Bellue, separates the Graham Coast in the northeast from the Loubet Coast in the southwest.
British scientists mapped it in 1976. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2013 after a mountain in the Bulgarian Balkan Mountains .
Web links
- Stresher Peninsula in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English and Spanish)