Pizos Bay

Location of Nordenskjöld Coast.

Pizos Bay (Bulgarian: залив Пизос, ‘Zaliv Pizos’ \'za-liv 'pi-zos\) is the 10.65 km wide bay indenting for 9 km Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica northwest of Samotino Point and southeast of Porphyry Bluff. It was formed as a result of glacier retreat in the last decade of 20th century.

The feature is named after the ancient settlement of Pizos in southern Bulgaria.

Location

Pizos Bay is centred at 64°27′50″S 59°03′00″W / 64.46389°S 59.05000°W / -64.46389; -59.05000Coordinates: 64°27′50″S 59°03′00″W / 64.46389°S 59.05000°W / -64.46389; -59.05000. SCAR Antarctic Digital Database mapping in 2012.

Maps

Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.

References

Pizos Bay. 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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