Zagore Beach
| Zagore Beach | ||
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 View from False Bay to Zagore Beach with Canetti Peak towering behind it (far right: Charity Glacier ) |
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| location | Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Waters | False Bay | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 42 ′ 46 " S , 60 ° 19 ′ 23" W | |
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| length | 4 km | |
The Zagore Beach (English; Bulgarian Загорски бряг Sagorski brjag ) is a 4 km long and in the Antarctic summer not snow-covered beach in the southeast of Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is located on the east bank of False Bay , which is also the west coast of the Roschen Peninsula , between the Charity Glacier and the Ruen Icefall . The Ogosta Point is in its center.
The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2002 after the historic Sagore region in the Bulgarian Balkan Mountains .
Web links
- Zagore Beach in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)