Apiaria Bight

Apiaria Bight (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Apiaria Bight  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 19608
Name ID: 137983

Feature type: Bight (3)

Origin

This name originates from Bulgaria. It is part of the Bulgaria Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

The 5.7 km wide embayment indenting for 1.7 km the NW coast of Pasteur Peninsula on Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago. Entered NE of Metchnikoff Point and SW of Cape Roux. British mapping in 1980 and 2008. Named after the ancient Roman fortress of Apiaria in Northeastern Bulgaria.

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Location

Latitude:
64° 01' 40.0" S
-64.02778°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
62° 31' 00.0" W
-62.51667°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

new feature (L. Ivanov, 25/05/15) JM

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
19-May-2015

Related information

Biodiversity
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Place names
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