Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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Calliope Beach (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Calliope 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 ice-free 2.9 km long beach on the N side of President Head, Snow Island in the South Shetland Islands. Part of the S coast of Morton Strait, situated E of Karposh Point and N of Oeagrus Beach.
Named after the nymph Calliope, mother of the mythical Thracian musician Orpheus.
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