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Pizos Bay

Coordinates: 64°27′50″S 59°03′00″W / 64.46389°S 59.05000°W / -64.46389; -59.05000
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Location of Nordenskjöld Coast.

Pizos Bay (Template:Lang-bg, ‘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; -59.05000. SCAR Antarctic Digital Database mapping in 2012.

Maps

References

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


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