Archar (other)
Archar may refer to: * Archar (village), in Bulgaria * Archar River, in Bulgaria * Archar Peninsula, in Antarctica See also * Archer (other) An archer is a person who practices archery, using a bow to shoot arrows. Archer or Archers may also refer to: People and fictional characters * Archer (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Archer (surname), incl ...

Archar (village)
Archar is a village in Bulgaria, located on the Archar river in the Vidin province. In Roman times the town of Ratiaria, from which the name derives, has been an important port on the Danube. The present day locality has been developing closer to the main road between Vidin and Lom. A fair is held in Archar on the first Saturday and Sunday of August. History The village was established during the second century close to Ratiaria where a Roman military fort was located. During the reign of Aurelian Ratiaria become the provincial capital of Dacia . The fort was sacked by the Huns in 440 or 441 and the Avars took the fort in 586. In the Ottoman empire the place was known as"Akchar" until the name was changed to Archar in the late 1930's. In 1883 a school was opened and in 1898 a neoclassical community center was built. After the Balkan War began in 1912, 2 people from Akchar volunteered to fight in the war. A Labor Cooperative Agricultural Farm was established in 1945. The ag ...
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Archar River
The Archar ( bg, Арчар, ) or Archaritsa ( ) is a river in the western Danubian Plain of northern Bulgaria and a right tributary of the Danube. It originates in the western Balkan Mountains The Balkan mountain range (, , known locally also as Stara planina) is a mountain range in the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula in Southeastern Europe. The range is conventionally taken to begin at the peak of Vrashka Chuka on the border betw ... and is around 60 kilometres in length, with a drainage basin of 364 square kilometres. The river runs through limestone terrain and has steep banks, in certain sections up to 100 metres high. The Archar flows into the Danube at the large village of Archar in Dimovo municipality, Vidin Province. It also passes through Rayanovtsi, Rabisha, Kladorub, Ostrokaptsi, Dimovo, Lagoshevtsi and Darzhanitsa. See also * Ratiaria References * ''This article is based on a translation of the article Арчар (река) from the Bulgaria ...
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Archar Peninsula
Archar Peninsula ( bg, полуостров Арчар, poluostrov Archar, ) 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. See also * Tangra 2004/05 * List of Bulgarian toponyms in Antarctica * Antarctic Place-names Commission Maps South Shetland Islands.Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Sheet W 62 58. Tolworth, UK, 1968. South Shetland Islands.Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Sheet W 62 60. Tolworth, UK, 1968. * L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005. * L.L. IvanovAntarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smi ...
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