Transmarisca Bay (, ‘Zaliv Transmarisca’ \'za-liv trans-ma-'ri-ska\) is the 4.3 km wide bay indenting for 3.2 km the north coast of Krogh Island in Biscoe Islands, Antarctica. It is entered east of Edholm Point and west of Kuvikal Point.

The bay is named after the ancient Roman town of Transmarisca in Northeastern Bulgaria.

Transmarisca Bay

Location

Transmarisca Bay is centred at . British mapping in 1976.

Transmarisca Bay

Maps

British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 66 66. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, UK, 1976. Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

Transmarisca Bay

References

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

External links

Transmarisca Bay. Copernix satellite image

Bays of Graham Land

Landforms of the Biscoe Islands

Bulgaria and the Antarctic