Limets Peninsula ( bg, полуостров Лимец, poluostrov Limets, ) is the predominantly ice-free peninsula forming the northwest extremity of Low Island in the

South Shetland Islands The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands with a total area of . They lie about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, and between southwest of the nearest point of the South Orkney Islands. By the Antarctic Treaty of 195 ...

. The feature is projecting 3.3 km northwards and 2.4 km wide. It is bounded by

Kazichene Cove Kazichene Cove ( bg, залив Казичене, zaliv Kazichene, ) is a 2.2 km wide cove on the southeast side of Osmar Strait indenting for 1.3 km the northwest coast of Low Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is south ...

and

Smochevo Cove Smochevo Cove ( bg, залив Смочево, ‘Zaliv Smochevo’ \'za-liv 'smo-che-vo\) is the 1.6 km wide cove on the southeast side of Osmar Strait indenting for 850 m the northwest coast of Low Island in the South Shetland Islands, ...

to the west and Berraz Bay to the east, and ends in

Cape Wallace Cape Wallace is the cape marking the northern extremity of Limets Peninsula and the north-west end of Low Island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. Though the origin of the name Cape Wallace is unknown, it has appeared on charts for o ...

to the north. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers. The feature is named after the settlement of

Limets Limets is a village in Krumovgrad Municipality, Kardzhali Province, southern Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern ...

in Southern Bulgaria.

Location

Limets Peninsula is centred at . British mapping in 1968 and 2009.

Maps

* South Shetland Islands: Smith and Low Islands. Scale 1:150000 topographic map No. 13677. British Antarctic Survey, 2009
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).
Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated

References

Limets Peninsula.

SCAR A scar (or scar tissue) is an area of fibrous tissue that replaces normal skin after an injury. Scars result from the biological process of wound repair in the skin, as well as in other organs, and tissues of the body. Thus, scarring is a n ...

Composite Antarctic Gazetteer The Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (CGA) of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) is the authoritative international gazetteer containing all Antarctic toponyms published in national gazetteers, plus basic information about ...

.
Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.
Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian
basic data
in English)

External links

Limets Peninsula.
Copernix satellite image Bulgaria and the Antarctic Peninsulas of the South Shetland Islands {{LowIsland-geo-stub