Burgas Peninsula (, ) is a predominantly ice-covered peninsula forming the east extremity of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica extending in the east-northeast direction towards Renier Point and . It is bounded by Bruix Cove, Moon Bay and Mugla Passage to the north, and Bransfield Strait to the south-southeast. The peninsula's interior is occupied by the Delchev Ridge of Tangra Mountains.
Name origin
Burgas Peninsula is named after the Bulgarian city of
Burgas, and in connection with the company Ocean Fisheries – Burgas whose ships operated in the waters of South Georgia, Kerguelen,
[ Levenov Point. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica] 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.”
[K.-H. Kock. Antarctic Fish and Fisheries. Cambridge University Press, 1992. p. 183 ][
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Location
The peninsula is centred at . British mapping in 1822 and 1968, Chilean in 1971, Argentine in 1980, Spanish mapping in 1991, and Bulgarian topographic survey Tangra 2004/05 and mapping in 2005 and 2009.
See also
Maps
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