Relyovo Peninsula
  Relyovo Peninsula | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Gerlache Strait |
| Coordinates | 64°13′40″S 60°56′30″W / 64.22778°S 60.94167°W |
Relyovo Peninsula (64°13′40″S 60°56′30″W / 64.22778°S 60.94167°W) is the predominantly ice-covered 5.2-kilometre-wide (3.2 mi) peninsula projecting from Danco Coast, Antarctic Peninsula 4.8 km into Gerlache Strait south of Duarte Cove and north of Brialmont Cove. It ends in Renzo Point and Charles Point to the west. The interior of the peninsula is occupied by the westerly part of Sonketa Ridge. The feature is named after the settlement of Relyovo in Western Bulgaria.
Location[edit]
The peninsula extends into Hughes Bay, on the Gerlache Strait, which bordees the Danco Coast of the Antarctic Peninsula, in Graham Land. It lies to the south of Sikorski Glacier, which flows northwest from the Detroit Plateau into Hughes Bay.[1]
Central features[edit]
Razhana Buttress[edit]
64°16′06″S 60°40′34″W / 64.26833°S 60.67611°W. An ice-covered buttress rising to 1,850 metres (6,070 ft) high on the west side of Detroit Plateau. Situated between tributaries to Lilienthal Glacier, Mouillard Gacier and Sikorsky Glacier, 6.52 kilometres (4.05 mi) southwest of Perkos Dome. Named after the settlement of Razhana in Western Bulgaria.[2]
Zhelad Saddle[edit]
64°14′20″S 60°46′03″W / 64.23889°S 60.76750°W An ice-covered saddle of elevation 950 metres (3,120 ft) high extending 350 metres (1,150 ft) in the west foothills of Detroit Plateau on Danco Coast in Graham Land. Connecting the northwest slopes of Razhana Buttress to Sonketa Ridge. Situated 11.3 kilometres (7.0 mi) east of Charles Point. Part of the glacial divide between Sikorsky Glacier to the north and Trepetlika Glacier to the southwest. Named after the settlement of Zhelad in Northeastern Bulgaria.[3]
Sonketa Ridge[edit]
64°13′40″S 60°53′00″W / 64.22778°S 60.88333°W A mostly ice-covered ridge extending 11.5 kilometres (7.1 mi) in an east–west direction and 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) wide, rising to 1,100 metres (3,600 ft) high in the west foothills of Detroit Plateau and partly on Relyovo Peninsula. Connected to the northwest slopes of Razhana Buttress to the east by Zhelad Saddle. Surmounts Sikorsky Glacier to the north and Trepetlika Glacier to the south. Sonketa is a Thracian place name from Western Bulgaria.[4]
Charles Point[edit]
64°14′S 61°00′W / 64.233°S 61.000°W. Point forming the north side of the entrance to Brialmont Cove. The present name derives from Cape Charles, first used in about 1831. This name, appearing on early maps in this approximate location, has sometimes been misapplied to the cape at the north side of Hughes Bay.[5]
Alcock Island[edit]
64°14′S 61°08′W / 64.233°S 61.133°W. Island lying west of Charles Point in Hughes Bay. The name Penguin Island was used for the feature by whalers operating in the area in 1922. Since this name has not been used on published maps and is a duplication of an earlier name, it has been rejected and a new name substituted. Alcock Island is named for Sir John W. Alcock (1892-1919), who, with Sir A. Whitten-Brown, made the first nonstop trans-Atlantic flight on June 14-15, 1919.[6]
Northern features[edit]
Sikorsky Glacier[edit]
64°12′S 60°53′W / 64.200°S 60.883°W. Glacier flowing into Hughes Bay north of Charles Point. Photographed by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) in 1956-57, and mapped from these photos by the FIDS. Named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Igor Sikorsky, American (Russian born) aircraft designer, who has pioneered helicopters since 1909.[7]
Duarte Cove[edit]
64°12′00″S 60°57′00″W / 64.20000°S 60.95000°W. Spanish: Ensenada Duarte. An extensive inlet that opens in front of the southeast end of the shore, southwest of Cierva Point. Named after the second Chilean Antarctic Expedition 1949, by Lieutenant Commander José Duarte V. 1st commander of the transport Maipo. [8]
Apéndice Island[edit]
64°11′S 61°02′W / 64.183°S 61.033°W. Island lying northwest of Charles Point in Hughes Bay. The name appears on an Argentine government chart of 1957.[9]
Southern features[edit]
Trepetlika Glacier[edit]
64°15′20″S 60°50′50″W / 64.25556°S 60.84722°W The 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) long and 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) wide glacier on the south side of Sonketa Ridge in the west foothills of Detroit Plateau. Drains the northwest slopes of Razhana Buttress, flows westwards and enters Brialmont Cove north of the terminus of Mouillard Glacier. Named after the settlement of Trepetlika in Southeastern Bulgaria.[10]
Mouillard Glacier[edit]
64°18′S 60°53′W / 64.300°S 60.883°W. Glacier flowing into the southeast corner of Brialmont Cove, on the west coast of Graham Land. Photographed by the FIDASE in 1956-57, and mapped from these photos by the FIDS. Named by the UK-APC in 1960 for Louis P. Mouillard (1834-97), French pioneer of gliding flight.[11]
Brialmont Cove[edit]
64°16′S 61°00′W / 64.267°S 61.000°W. A cove in Hughes Bay, lying between Charles Point and Spring Point. Charted in 1898 by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition (BelgAE) under Adrien de Gerlache, who named it for Lieutenant-General Henri Alexis Brialmont, a member of the Belgica Commission.[12]
Sprightly Island[edit]
64°17′S 61°04′W / 64.283°S 61.067°W. An island 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) northwest of Spring Point in Hughes Bay. First roughly surveyed by the BelgAE (1897-99). Named by UK-APC after the British sealer Sprightly, Captain Hughes, which visited this vicinity in {{convert|1824-25.[13]
References[edit]
- ^ Graham Land and South Shetland BAS.
- ^ Razhana Buttress SCAR.
- ^ Zhelad Saddle SCAR.
- ^ Sonketa Ridge SCAR.
- ^ Alberts 1995, p. 130.
- ^ Alberts 1995, p. 10.
- ^ Alberts 1995, p. 675.
- ^ Ensenada Duarte SCAR.
- ^ Alberts 1995, p. 24.
- ^ Trepetlika Glacier SCAR.
- ^ Alberts 1995, p. 508.
- ^ Alberts 1995, p. 93.
- ^ Alberts 1995, p. 704.
Sources[edit]
- Alberts, Fred G., ed. (1995), Geographic Names of the Antarctic (PDF) (2 ed.), United States Board on Geographic Names, retrieved 2023-12-03
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Board on Geographic Names. - "Ensenada Duarte", Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
- Graham Land and South Shetland Islands, BAS: British Antarctic Survey, 2005, retrieved 2024-05-03
- "Razhana Buttress", Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
- "Sonketa Ridge", Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
- "Trepetlika Glacier", Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
- "Zhelad Saddle", Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.