Relyovo Peninsula () is a predominantly ice-covered wide peninsula projecting from

Danco Coast The Danco Coast () is the portion of the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula between Cape Sterneck and Cape Renard. This coast was explored in January and February 1898 by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Adrien de Gerlache, who named it ...

Antarctic Peninsula The Antarctic Peninsula, known as O'Higgins Land in Chile and Tierra de San Martin in Argentina, and originally as Graham Land in the United Kingdom and the Palmer Peninsula in the United States, is the northernmost part of mainland Antarctica. ...

into

Gerlache Strait Gerlache Strait or de Gerlache Strait or Détroit de la Belgica is a Channel (geography), channel/strait separating the Palmer Archipelago from the Antarctic Peninsula. The Belgian Antarctic Expedition, under Lt. Adrien de Gerlache, explored the ...

south of Duarte Cove and north of Brialmont Cove. It ends in Renzo Point and Charles Point to the west. The feature is named after the settlement of Relyovo in Western Bulgaria.

Location

The peninsula extends into

Hughes Bay Hughes Bay () is a bay lying between Cape Sterneck and Cape Murray along the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. Location Hughes Bay is on the Danco Coast of the Antarctic Peninsula, on the west side of Graham Land. It is west of the so ...

, on the

, which borders the

of the

, in

Graham Land Graham Land is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula that 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 ...

. It lies to the south of the Sikorsky Glacier, which flows northwest from the Detroit Plateau into Hughes Bay.
Copernix satellite image

Central features

Razhana Buttress

. An ice-covered buttress rising to high on the west side of Detroit Plateau. Situated between tributaries to

Lilienthal Glacier The Cayley Glacier () is a glacier flowing northwest into the south side of Brialmont Cove, on the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. Location Cayley Glacier terminates on the Danco Coast of the Antarctic Peninsula, on the west side of Gr ...

, Mouillard Gacier and Sikorsky Glacier, southwest of Perkos Dome. Named after the settlement of Razhana in Western Bulgaria.

Zhelad Saddle

. An ice-covered saddle of elevation high extending in the west foothills of Detroit Plateau on Danco Coast in Graham Land. Connecting the northwest slopes of Razhana Buttress to Sonketa Ridge. Situated east of Charles Point. Part of the glacial divide between Sikorsky Glacier to the north and Trepetlika Glacier to the southwest. Named after the settlement of Zhelad in Northeastern Bulgaria.

Sonketa Ridge

. A mostly ice-covered ridge extending in an east–west direction and wide, rising to high in the west foothills of Detroit Plateau and partly on Relyovo Peninsula. Connected to the northwest slopes of Razhana Buttress to the east by Zhelad Saddle. Surmounts Sikorsky Glacier to the north and Trepetlika Glacier to the south. Sonketa is a Thracian place name from Western Bulgaria.

Charles Point

. Point forming the north side of the entrance to Brialmont Cove. The present name derives from Cape Charles, first used in about 1831. This name, appearing on early maps in this approximate location, has sometimes been misapplied to the cape at the north side of Hughes Bay.

Renzo Point

. . A point that is located approximately north of Charles Point and that constitutes the south limit of the south mouth of Alfaro Strait. Name for Brigadier Renzo de Kartzow da Bove, Chilean Army, who participated in the

Chilean Antarctic Expedition The First Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1947–1948) was an expedition to Antarctica mounted by the Chilean government and military to enforce its territorial claims against British challenges, namely Operation Tabarin. Among other accomplishmen ...

of 1954, aboard the patrol boat ''Lientur'' of the Chilean Navy.

Alcock Island

. Island lying west of Charles Point in Hughes Bay. The name Penguin Island was used for the feature by whalers operating in the area in 1922. Since this name has not been used on published maps and is a duplication of an earlier name, it has been rejected and a new name substituted. Alcock Island is named for Sir John W. Alcock (1892-1919), who, with Sir

Arthur Whitten Brown Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Arthur Whitten Brown, (23 July 1886 – 4 October 1948) was a British military officer and aviator who flew as navigator of the first successful non-stop transatlantic flight with pilot John Alcock in June 1919. Biog ...

, made the first nonstop trans-Atlantic flight on June 14–15, 1919.

Northern features

Perkos Dome

. An ice dome rising to in the west part of the Detroit Plateau. Situated between tributaries to

, Sikorsky Glacier and

Breguet Glacier Sladun Peninsula () is the predominantly ice-covered wide peninsula projecting from Danco Coast, Antarctic Peninsula into Gerlache Strait south of Cierva Cove and north of Duarte Cove. It ends in Cierva Point and Sucia Point to the west. The ...

, south of Mount Ader. Named after the Thracian god Perkos.

Sikorsky Glacier

. Glacier flowing into Hughes Bay north of Charles Point. Photographed by the

Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition The Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) was an aerial survey of the Falkland Islands Dependencies and the Antarctic Peninsula which took place in the 1955–56 and 1956–57 southern summers. Funded by the Colonial ...

(FIDASE) in 1956-57, and mapped from these photos by the FIDS. Named by the

UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (or UK-APC) is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) an ...

(UK-APC) in 1960 for

Igor Sikorsky Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky, (25 May 1889 – 26 October 1972) was a Russian-American aviation pioneer in both helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft. His first success came with the Sikorsky S-2, the second aircraft of his design and construc ...

, American (Russian born) aircraft designer, who has pioneered helicopters since 1909.

Duarte Cove

. . An extensive inlet that opens in front of the southeast end of the shore, southwest of Cierva Point. Named after the second

1949, by Lieutenant Commander José Duarte V. 1st commander of the transport ''Maipo''.

Southern features

Trepetlika Glacier

. The long and wide glacier on the south side of Sonketa Ridge in the west foothills of Detroit Plateau. Drains the northwest slopes of Razhana Buttress, flows westwards and enters Brialmont Cove north of the terminus of Mouillard Glacier. Named after the settlement of Trepetlika in Southeastern Bulgaria.

Mouillard Glacier

. Glacier flowing into the southeast corner of Brialmont Cove, on the west coast of Graham Land. Photographed by the FIDASE in 1956-57, and mapped from these photos by the FIDS. Named by the UK-APC in 1960 for

Louis Pierre Mouillard Louis Pierre Mouillard (September 30, 1834 – September 20, 1897) was a French artist and innovator who worked on human mechanical flight in the second half of the 19th century. He based much of his work on the investigation of birds in Alger ...

(1834–97), French pioneer of gliding flight.

Brialmont Cove

. A cove in Hughes Bay, lying between Charles Point and Spring Point. Charted in 1898 by the

Belgian Antarctic Expedition The Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897–1899 was the first expedition to winter in the Antarctic region. Led by Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery aboard the RV ''Belgica'', it was the first Belgian Antarctic expedition and is considered the fir ...

(BelgAE) under

Adrien de Gerlache Baron Adrien Victor Joseph de Gerlache de Gomery (; 2 August 1866 – 4 December 1934) was a Belgian officer in the Belgian Royal Navy who led the Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897–99. Early years Born in Hasselt in eastern Belgium as t ...

, who named it for Lieutenant-General

Henri Alexis Brialmont Henri-Alexis Brialmont (Venlo, 25 May 1821 – Brussels, 21 July 1903), nicknamed The Belgian Vauban after the French military architect, was a Belgian army officer, politician and writer of the 19th century, best known as a military arch ...

, a member of the Belgica Commission.

Sprightly Island

. An island northwest of Spring Point in Hughes Bay. First roughly surveyed by the BelgAE (1897–99). Named by UK-APC after the British sealer ''Sprightly'', Captain Hughes, which visited this vicinity in 1824-25.

References

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