Svilengrad Peninsula (Bulgarian: полуостров Свиленград, romanized: poluostrov Svilengrad, IPA:[poɫuˈɔstrofˈsvilɛŋɡrɐt]) is the mostly ice-covered 5.6-km wide peninsula projecting 5.2 km in northwest direction into Orléans Strait from Davis Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is bounded by Lanchester Bay to the southwest and Jordanoff Bay to the northeast. The peninsula ends in Wennersgaard Point to the northwest, and has its interior occupied by the north part of Korten Ridge.
The peninsula is named after the town of Svilengrad in Southern Bulgaria, location of an early Bulgarian Air Force base used during the First Balkan War 1912–1913.
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continues to form the Kozani–Amyntaio railway line. The Alexandroupoli-Svilengrad railway, running parallel to the Evros River and the Turkish border. Important...
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and seaside resort in southeastern Bulgaria, located on a narrow rocky peninsula in Burgas Bay on the southern Bulgarian Black Sea Coast. It is situated...
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upheaval and relished a territorial extent, covering most of the Balkan peninsula. The river Aheloy flows into the Black Sea south of the town. Aheloy was...
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strategic and commercial roads, connecting the southern end of the Balkan peninsula with the Danube River and Western Europe, have passed through these lands...
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indicates prospering trade in the area at the time. The city's southern peninsula has remains of a medieval fortress. The town was first mentioned as Vasiliko...
downstream with 2.5 meters (8 feet) of water. In Bulgaria, the city of Svilengrad was also flooded after a dike collapsed near the village of Generalovo...
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