Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Chavdar Peninsula (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Chavdar Peninsula (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Peninsula ( 8)
This name originates from Bulgaria. It is part of the Bulgaria Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
The 10-km wide peninsula projecting 13 km in NW direction from Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula. Bounded by Curtiss Bay to the NE, Hughes Bay to the SW and Gerlache Strait to the NW. Its W extremity Cape Sterneck separates Danco Coast to the SW and Davis Coast to the NE. Named for the Bulgarian rebel leader Chavdar Voyvoda (16th century).
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