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Archar Peninsula


Archar Peninsula (Poluostrov Archar \po-lu-'os-trov ar-'char\) located in the North-Western extremity of Greenwich Island, Antarctica. The three km long peninsula is bounded by Razlog Cove to the North and McFarlane Strait to the South. Its western half is snow-free in summer. The peninsula is named after the settlement of Archar in Northwestern Bulgaria, successor of the ancient town of Ratiaria.

Archar Peninsula

Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.

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

Coordinates: 62°27′30″S 60°00′00″W / 62.45833°S 60.00000°W / -62.45833; -60.00000



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