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Svilengrad Peninsula (Bulgarian: полуостров Свиленград, romanized: poluostrov Svilengrad, IPA: [poɫuˈɔstrof ˈsvilɛŋɡrɐt]) 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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Svilengrad Peninsula (Bulgarian: полуостров Свиленград, romanized: poluostrov Svilengrad, IPA: [poɫuˈɔstrof ˈsvilɛŋɡrɐt]) is the mostly ice-covered 5.6-km...

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Svilengrad

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past Plovdiv and Dimitrovgrad in Bulgaria to Edirne in Turkey. East of Svilengrad, Bulgaria, the river flows eastwards, forming the border between Bulgaria...

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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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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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