Krakra Bluff

Location of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.

Krakra Bluff from South Bay, with Memorable Beach on the right and Aldan Rock in the foreground.

Krakra Bluff (Rid Krakra \'rid 'kra-kra\) is a rocky bluff of elevation 140 m surmounting Memorable Beach (62°38′35″S 60°33′19″W / 62.64306°S 60.55528°W / -62.64306; -60.55528) on the northwest coast of South Bay, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers operating from nearby Johnsons Dock.

The feature is named after the Bulgarian bolyar (boyar) and warrior Krakra of Pernik (10-11th Century).

Location

The bluff is located at 62°38′24″S 60°33′27″W / 62.64°S 60.5575°W / -62.64; -60.5575 which is 2.1 km east of Ustra Peak, and 5.1 km west of Ereby Point.

See also

• South Bay
• Livingston Island

Maps

• L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
• L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009.

Reference

• SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.

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