Velingrad Peninsula is the ice-covered peninsula projecting 22.5 km in northwest direction from Graham Coast

Graham Coast

Graham Coast is the portion of the west coast of Graham Land in Antarctic Peninsula, extending 172 km between Cape Bellue to the southwest and Cape Renard to the northeast....

 on the west side of Antarctic Peninsula

Antarctic Peninsula

The Antarctic Peninsula is the northernmost part of the mainland of Antarctica. It extends from a line between Cape Adams and a point on the mainland south of Eklund Islands....

. Bounded by Barilari Bay

Barilari Bay

Barilari Bay is a bay long and wide, between Cape Garcia and Loqui Point on the west coast of Graham Land. It was discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, and named by Jean-Baptiste Charcot for Rear Admiral Atilio S. Barilari, Argentine Navy. It was re-charted by the British...

 to the northeast and Holtedahl Bay

Holtedahl Bay

Holtedahl Bay is a bay, 10 nautical miles long in NW-SE direction and averaging 6 nautical miles wide, between Prospect Point and Black Head along the west coast of Graham land...

 to the southwest, and separated from Biscoe Islands

Biscoe Islands

Biscoe Islands is a series of islands, of which the principal ones are Renaud, Rabot, Lavoisier and Watkins, lying parallel to the W coast of Graham Land and extending some in a NE–SW direction...

 to the northwest by Grandidier Channel

Grandidier Channel

Grandidier Channel is a navigable channel between the west coast of Graham Land and the north end of the Biscoe Islands, extending from Penola Strait southwestward to the vicinity of Larrouy Island. First charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, and named by Charcot for Alfred...

. Its base is surmounted by Chiren Heights

Chiren Heights

Chiren Heights is the ice-covered heights at the base of Velingrad Peninsula, Graham Coast on the west side of Antarctic Peninsula, extending 21 km in northeast-southwest direction between Barilari Bay and Holtedahl Bay, and 16 km wide...

. The UK station Prospect Point

Prospect Point

Prospect Point is a headland at the west extremity of Velingrad Peninsula on Graham Coast in Graham Land, nearly 2 nautical miles south of Ferin Head and immediately east of the Fish Islands. Roughly charted by the British Graham Land Expedition under Rymill, 1934-37. Photographed by Hunting...

 operated at the west extremity of the peninsula in 1957-59.

The peninsula is named after the city of Velingrad

Velingrad

Velingrad is a town in Pazardzhik Province, Southern Bulgaria, located at the western end of Chepino Valley, part of the Rhodope Mountains. It is the administrative center of the homonymous Velingrad Municipality and one of the most popular Bulgarian balneological resorts...

 in Southern Bulgaria.

Location

Velingrad Peninsula is centred at 66°02′00"S 65°00′00"W. British mapping in 1971 and 1976.

Maps

• British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 65 64. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1971.
• British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 66 64. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1976.
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993-2006.