Zimen Inlet

Zimen Inlet (Bulgarian: Зименски залив, ‘Zimenski Zaliv’ \'zi-men-ski 'za-liv\) is the 12.8 km wide inlet indenting for 9.3 km the east coast of Churchill Peninsula, Oscar II Coast in Graham Land. It is part of Adie Inlet entered south of Slav Point and north of Cavarus Point. The feature is named after the settlement of Zimen in Southeastern Bulgaria.

Location of Churchill Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctic Peninsula.

Location

Zimen Inlet is located at 66°33′00″S 62°37′00″W. British mapping in 1974.

Maps

British Antarctic Territory: Graham Land. Scale 1:250000 topographic map. BAS 250 Series, Sheet SQ 19–20. London, 1974.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.

References

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

External links

Zimen Inlet. Copernix satellite image

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

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