Velingrad Peninsula
| Velingrad Peninsula | |
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| Coordinates | 66 ° 2 ′ S , 65 ° 0 ′ W |
| location | Graham Coast , Graham Land , Antarctic Peninsula |
| Waters 1 | Barilari Bay |
| Waters 2 | Holtedahl Bay |
| length | 22.5 km |
The Velingrad Peninsula ( Bulgarian полуостров Велинград , English Velingrad Peninsula ) is a 22.5 km long peninsula at the Graham Coast in the west of the Antarctic Graham Lands . It is bounded by Barilari Bay in the northeast and Holtedahl Bay in the southwest. It is separated from the offshore Biscoe Islands by the Grandidier Canal . The peninsula ends in the west in Ferin Head and 3 km south of it in Prospect Point .
British scientists mapped it in 1971 and 1976. Bulgarian scientists named it on September 14, 2010 after the Bulgarian city of Velingrad .
literature
- John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 2, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , pp. 1636–1637 (English)
Web links
- Velingrad Peninsula in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)