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Goten Peninsula

Goten Peninsula (Bulgarian: полуостров Готен, ‘Poluostrov Goten’ po-lu-'os-trov go-'ten) is the mostly ice-covered peninsula wide 5.35 km (3.32 mi) and indenting for 4.4 km (2.7 mi) northwestwards between Perrier Bay and Esquivel (Ricke) Bay on the northwest coast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It ends up in Quinton Point to the northwest.

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The peninsula is named after Goten Peak in western Balkan Mountains, Bulgaria.

Location

Goten Peninsula is centred at 64°20′20″S 63°37′40″W. British mapping in 1980.

Maps

  • British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 62. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, UK, 1980.
  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

    • References

    Goten Peninsula Wikipedia
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