Aripleri Passage
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Aripleri Passage is the 1.77 km wide passage between Eagle Island
and Yatrus Promontory
on the south coast of Trinity Peninsula
in Graham Land
, Antarctica.
The passage is named after the medieval fortress of Aripleri in Southeastern Bulgaria
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Eagle Island, Antarctica
Eagle Island, Antarctica is one of several islands around the peninsula known as Graham Land, which is closer to South America than any other part of that continent. It is an island in the continent/country of Antarctica. Separated from the Antarctic mainland by the 1.77 km wide Aripleri...
and Yatrus Promontory
Yatrus Promontory
Yatrus Promontory is the predominantly ice-free promontory projecting 8 km in east direction from Trinity Peninsula, Graham Land into Prince Gustav Channel south of Eyrie Bay, and ending in Jade Point to the east and Bald Head to the southeast....
on the south coast of Trinity Peninsula
Trinity Peninsula
Trinity Peninsula is the extreme northern portion of the Antarctic Peninsula, extending northeastward for about from a line connecting Cape Kjellman and Cape Longing. Dating back more than a century, chartmakers used various names for this portion of the Antarctic peninsula, each name having some...
in Graham Land
Graham Land
Graham Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, in...
, Antarctica.
The passage is named after the medieval fortress of Aripleri in Southeastern Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
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Location
Aripleri Passage is located at 63°38′10"S 57°35′30"W. German-British mapping in 1996.Map
- Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.