Porlier Bay

Porlier Bay (Bulgarian: залив Порлиер, ‘Zaliv Porlier’ \'za-liv por-li-'er\) is the 3 km wide bay indenting for 1.6 km the north coast of Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Entered between Punta del Medio and Black Point. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.

The feature is named after Captain Rosendo Porlier, commander of the Spanish ship San Telmo that sunk off the island in 1819, and whose wreckage was found subsequently at the bay.

Location

Porlier Bay is located at . British mapping in 1968, Spanish in 1991, and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009.

Map

References

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