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)
Emona Anchorage (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Emona Anchorage (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Anchorage (3)
This name originates from Bulgaria. It is part of the Bulgaria Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
Roughly square embayment forming the head of South Bay, Livingston Island. Deep over 100m at its central portion NW by N of Spanish Point. Entered between Hespérides Point and a nameless cape lying 3.18km NW by N of it and 3.04km NE by E of Ereby Point. The NW coast is mostly a narrow beach under ice-cap cliff, the NE coast but for Aleko Rock is formed by a glacier snout, while Bulgarian Beach accounts for most of the SE coast. Provides anchorage for vessels serving St. Kliment Ohridski. Charted by 19th century sealers. Spanish mapping in 1991, Bulgarian remapping of modified coastal configuration in 1996. Named after the Black Sea settlement of Emona, Bulgaria.
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