- Source: Goten Peninsula
Goten Peninsula (Bulgarian: полуостров Готен, romanized: poluostrov Goten, IPA: [poɫuˈɔstrov ɡoˈtɛn]) is the mostly ice-covered peninsula wide 5.35 km (3.32 mi) and indenting for 4.4 km (2.7 mi) northwestwards between Perrier Bay and Esquivel (Ricke) Bay on the northwest coast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It ends up in Quinton Point to the northwest.
The peninsula is named after Goten Peak in western Balkan Mountains, Bulgaria.
Location
Goten Peninsula is centred at 64°20′20″S 63°37′40″W. British mapping in 1980.
Maps
British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 62. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, UK, 1980.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
References
Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
Goten Peninsula. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
External links
Goten Peninsula. Adjusted Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Goten Peninsula
- Temenuga Island
- Kalotina Island
- Perrier Bay
- Quinton Point
- Cannabaudes
- Bulgarian toponyms in Antarctica (G)
- German occupation of Crimea during World War II
- Migration Period
- Crimean Goths
