Belitsa Peninsula ( bg, полуостров Белица, poluostrov Belitsa, ) is the 13-km wide peninsula projecting 8.5 km in northwest direction from

Trinity Peninsula Trinity Peninsula is the northernmost part of the Antarctic Peninsula. It extends northeastward for about 130 km (80 mi) to Cape Dubouzet from an imaginary line connecting Cape Kater on the north-west coast and Cape Longing on the ...

, Antarctic Peninsula. Bounded by Bone Bay to the northeast, Charcot Bay to the southwest and

Bransfield Strait Bransfield Strait or Fleet Sea ( es, Estrecho de Bransfield, Mar de la Flota) is a body of water about wide extending for in a general northeast – southwest direction between the South Shetland Islands and the Antarctic Peninsula. History ...

to the northwest. Trapezoid in form, its west and north extremities are formed by

Cape Kjellman Cape Kjellman () is a cape forming the west extremity of Belitsa Peninsula and marking the east side of the entrance to Charcot Bay, on the west side of Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica. It was first charted by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 190 ...

and Notter Point respectively. Beaver Rocks are a group of rocks lying 2 nautical miles (4 km) off Belitsa Peninsula at a point midway between Notter Point and Cape Kjellman. The peninsula is named after the town of Belitsa in southwestern

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedo ...

Location

Belitsa Peninsula is located at . 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), 1993–2016.

References

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

External links

Belitsa Peninsula.
Copernix satellite image Peninsulas of Graham Land Landforms of Trinity Peninsula Bulgaria and the Antarctic {{TrinityPeninsula-geo-stub