Varna Peninsula
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Varna Peninsula (Poluostrov Varna \po-lu-'os-trov 'var-na\) is a roughly rectangular ice-covered peninsula forming the northeast extremity of Livingston Island, Antarctica. It is bounded by Hero Bay to the northwest, by Moon Bay to the coutheast, and by McFarlane Strait to the northeast.
The peninsula is approximately 12 km long in the southwest-northeast direction and 9 km wide, with a central area occupied by Vidin Heights. The north and east extremities of Varna Peninsula are formed by Williams Point and by Inott Point respectively. The coast is indented by Lister Cove and Dragon Cove to the northeast, and by Griffin Cove, Charybdis Cove and Eliseyna Cove to the northwest. Bezmer Point is also on the northwest coast of the peninsula.
Varna is the name of a major city on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast.
[edit] Location
The midpoint is located at (British mapping in 1822 and 1968, Chilean mapping in 1966, Argentine mapping in 1980, and Bulgarian mapping in 2005).
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This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
