Pizos Bay
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. Part of Larsen Inlet, 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[edit]
Pizos Bay is centred at 64°27′50″S 59°03′00″W / 64.46389°S 59.05000°W. SCAR Antarctic Digital Database mapping in 2012.
Maps[edit]
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
References[edit]
- Pizos Bay. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links[edit]
- Pizos Bay. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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