Belitsa Peninsula

Location of Belitsa Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctic Peninsula.

Belitsa Peninsula (Bulgarian: полуостров Белица, ‘Poluostrov Belitsa’ \po-lu-'os-trov be-'li-tsa\) is the 13-km wide peninsula projecting 8.5 km in northwest direction from Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula. Bounded by Bone Bay to the northeast, Charcot Bay to the southwest and Bransfield Strait to the northwest. Trapezoid in form, its west and north extremities are formed by Cape Kjellman and Notter Point respectively. Beaver Rocks are a group of rocks lying 2 nautical miles (4 km) off Belitsa Peninsula at a point midway between Notter Point and Cape Kjellman.

The peninsula is named after the town of Belitsa in southwestern Bulgaria.

Location

Belitsa Peninsula is located at 63°44′00″S 59°14′00″W / 63.73333°S 59.23333°W / -63.73333; -59.23333Coordinates: 63°44′00″S 59°14′00″W / 63.73333°S 59.23333°W / -63.73333; -59.23333. German-British mapping in 1996.

Map

Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.

References

Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.

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