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Location of Brabant Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region.

Apiaria Bight (Bulgarian: залив Апиария, ‘Zaliv Apiaria’ \'za-liv a-pi-'a-ri-ya\) is the 5.7 km wide embayment indenting for 1.7 km the northwest coast of Pasteur Peninsula on Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It is entered northeast of Metchnikoff Point and southwest of Cape Roux, and has Soatris Island lying near the southwest side of its entrance.

Eponymy

The bight is named after the ancient Roman fortified city and Byzantine bishopric of Apiaria (Appiaria) in Moesia Inferior, now in Northeastern Bulgaria.

Location

Apiaria Bight is centred at 64°01′40″S 62°31′00″W / 64.02778°S 62.51667°W / -64.02778; -62.51667.

  • British mapping in 1980 and 2008.

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Brabant Island from northeast, with Anvers Island (on the right) and Antarctic Peninsula in the background; Pasteur Peninsula is seen as the nearest part of the island on the right.

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.


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