Kran Peninsula

Location of Liège Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region.

Kran Peninsula (Bulgarian: полуостров Крън, ‘Poluostrov Kran’ \po-lu-'os-trov 'kr&n\) is the heavily indented peninsula forming the northeast extremity of Liège Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It extends 2.85 km in north-south direction and 2.35 km in east-west direction, ending up in Moureaux Point to the north and Neyt Point to the east, and connected to the rest of the island by a 200 m wide neck to the south.

The feature is named after the town of Kran in Southern Bulgaria.

Location

Kran Peninsula is centred at 63°58′20″S 61°49′00″W / 63.97222°S 61.81667°W / -63.97222; -61.81667Coordinates: 63°58′20″S 61°49′00″W / 63.97222°S 61.81667°W / -63.97222; -61.81667. British mapping in 1978.

Maps

British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 63 60. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, UK, 1978.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.

References

Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
Kran Peninsula. 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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