Archar Peninsula

Archar Peninsula

Archar Peninsula (Poluostrov Archar po-lu-'os-trov ar-'char) located in the North-Western extremity of Greenwich Island, Antarctica. The three km long peninsula is bounded by Razlog Cove to the North and McFarlane Strait to the South. The North-Western half of the peninsula is snow-free in summer. The peninsula is named after the settlement of Archar in Northwestern Bulgaria, successor of the ancient town of Ratsiaria.

ee also

* Tangra 2004/05
* List of Bulgarian toponyms in Antarctica
* Antarctic Place-names Commission

External links

* [http://www3.pnra.it/SCAR_GAZE SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer] .
* [http://www.mfa.government.bg/uploads/imgs/Livingston/livingston.jpgReference Map]


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