Yatrus Promontory
Encyclopedia
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.
The feature is named after the ancient Roman
town of Yatrus in Northern Bulgaria
.
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...
, 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...
into Prince Gustav Channel
Prince Gustav Channel
The Prince Gustav Channel was named in 1903 after Crown Prince Gustav of Sweden by Otto Nordenskiöld of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition.The channel is bounded on the west by the Antarctic Peninsula and on the east by James Ross Island...
south of Eyrie Bay
Eyrie Bay
Eyrie Bay is a bay, 2.5 miles wide at its mouth and extending 3 miles inland, lying north of Jade Point, Trinity Peninsula. So named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee because of the proximity to Eagle Island.-Map:...
, and ending in Jade Point
Jade Point
Jade Point is a gently sloping rocky point forming the south limit of Eyrie Bay, Trinity Peninsula. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee . The lower slopes of the point are permanently sheathed in greenish-tinged ice, which suggested the descriptive name.-Map:* Scale...
to the east and Bald Head
Bald Head
Bald Head is a bare, ice-free headland southwest of View Point on the south side of Trinity Peninsula. It was probably first seen in 1902–03 by J. Gunnar Andersson's party of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition under Otto Nordenskiöld. The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey charted it and...
to the southeast.
The feature is named after the ancient Roman
Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome was a thriving civilization that grew on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea and centered on the city of Rome, it expanded to one of the largest empires in the ancient world....
town of Yatrus in Northern 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...
.
Location
Yatrus Promontory is centred at 63°36′50"S 57°41′10"W. German-British mapping in 1996.Map
- Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.