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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.

На других языках

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[de] Goten-Halbinsel

Die Goten-Halbinsel ist eine größtenteils vereiste, 5,35 km breite und 4,4 km lange Halbinsel im Nordwesten der Anvers-Insel im Palmer-Archipel vor der Westküste der Antarktischen Halbinsel. Sie trennt die Perrier-Bucht von der Ricke Bay und endet im Quinton Point.

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- [en] Goten Peninsula

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