Raven Peninsula (, ) is the mostly ice-covered peninsula projecting 5.5 km southeastwards from Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land, and 5.2 km wide. It is bounded by Odrin Bay to the north and Desislava Cove to the southwest, and ends in Cape Worsley to the southeast. The peninsula was formed as a result of the retreat of Aleksiev Glacier and the glacier featuring Arrol Icefall in the early 21st century. It is named after the town of Raven in medieval Southwestern Bulgaria.

Location

Raven Peninsula is located at . British mapping in 1978.

Raven Peninsula

Maps

British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 60. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1978. Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

Raven Peninsula

References

Raven Peninsula. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer. Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)

Raven Peninsula

External links

Raven Peninsula. Copernix satellite image

Headlands of Graham Land

Nordenskjöld Coast

Bulgaria and the Antarctic