Vasilev Bay
| Vasilev Bay | ||
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 View from Miziya Peak to Vasilev Bay and Siddons Point |
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| Waters | Hero Bay | |
| Land mass | Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 33 ′ 0 ″ S , 60 ° 19 ′ 40 ″ W | |
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| width | 9.6 km | |
| depth | 3.8 km | |
The Vasilev Bay (English; Bulgarian Василев залив Wassilew saliw ) is a 9.6 km wide and 3.8 m long side bay of Hero Bay on the north coast of Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is located between Siddons Point and Bezmer Point .
The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2009 after Nikola Wasilew (* 1949), a physicist at the St. Kliment Ohridski Station from 1993 to 1994.
Web links
- Vasilev Bay in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)