Aripleri Passage
Aripleri Passage (Bulgarian: Проток Ариплери, romanized: Protok Aripleri \'pro-tok a-ri-'ple-ri\) is the 1.77 km wide passage between Eagle Island and Yatrus Promontory on the south coast of Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica.
Location of Trinity Peninsula.
The passage is named after the medieval fortress of Aripleri in Southeastern Bulgaria.
Location
Aripleri Passage is located at 63°38′10″S 57°35′30″W. German-British mapping in 1996.
Maps
- Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
References
- Aripleri. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links
- Aripleri Passage. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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