Pizos Bay

Pizos Bay (Bulgarian: залив Пизос, ‘Zaliv Pizos’ \'za-liv 'pi-zos\) is the 10.65 km wide bay indenting for 9 km Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica northwest of Samotino Point and southeast of Porphyry Bluff. Part of Larsen Inlet, formed as a result of glacier retreat in the last decade of 20th century.

The feature is named after the ancient settlement of Pizos in southern Bulgaria.

Location[]

Pizos Bay is centred at

64°27′50″S 59°03′00″W / 64.46389°S 59.05000°W / -64.46389; -59.05000Coordinates: 64°27′50″S 59°03′00″W / 64.46389°S 59.05000°W / -64.46389; -59.05000. SCAR Antarctic Digital Database mapping in 2012.

Maps[]

• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

References[]

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

External links[]

• Pizos Bay. Copernix satellite image

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