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Slavyanka Beach (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Slavyanka Beach (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Beach
This name originates from Bulgaria. It is part of the Bulgaria Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
The mostly ice-free 2.2 km long beach forming the SW coast of Gurkovska Cove in eastern Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands. Bounded by Walker Point on the SE and the terminus of Stadium Glacier on the NW. Formed as a result of glacier retreat in the first decade of 21st century. British mapping of the area in 1972.
Named after the fish canning plant Slavyanka in Burgas, Bulgaria that processed Antarctic fish supplied by fishing vessels of the company Ocean Fisheries – Burgas operating in the waters of South Georgia, Kerguelen, the South Orkney Islands, South Shetland Islands and Antarctic Peninsula from 1970 to the early 1990s. The Bulgarian fishermen, along with those of the Soviet Union, Poland and East Germany are the pioneers of modern Antarctic fishing industry.
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