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Svilengrad Peninsula (Bulgarian: полуостров Свиленград, romanized: poluostrov Svilengrad, IPA: [poɫuˈɔstrof ˈsvilɛŋɡrɐt]) is the mostly ice-covered 5.6-km wide peninsula projecting 5.2 km in northwest direction into Orléans Strait from Davis Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is bounded by Lanchester Bay to the southwest and Jordanoff Bay to the northeast. The peninsula ends in Wennersgaard Point to the northwest, and has its interior occupied by the north part of Korten Ridge.

The peninsula is named after the town of Svilengrad in Southern Bulgaria, location of an early Bulgarian Air Force base used during the First Balkan War 1912–1913.

Location

Svilengrad Peninsula is located at 63°52′15″S 59°54′00″W. German-British mapping in 1996.

Maps

• Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.

References

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

External links

• Svilengrad Peninsula. 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] Swilengrad-Halbinsel

Die Swilengrad-Halbinsel (bulgarisch полуостров Свиленград .mw-parser-output .Latn{font-family:"Akzidenz Grotesk","Arial","Avant Garde Gothic","Calibri","Futura","Geneva","Gill Sans","Helvetica","Lucida Grande","Lucida Sans Unicode","Lucida Grande","Stone Sans","Tahoma","Trebuchet","Univers","Verdana"}poluostrow Swilengrad) ist eine 5,2 km lange und 5,6 km breite Halbinsel an der Davis-Küste des Grahamlands auf der Antarktischen Halbinsel. An der Orléans-Straße trennt sie die Lanchester Bay im Südwesten von der Jordanoff Bay im Nordosten. Im Nordwesten endet sie im Wennersgaard Point, auf ihr ragt der nördliche Teil des Korten Ridge auf.

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- [en] Svilengrad Peninsula

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