Apiaria Bight


Apiaria Bight 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 in Moesia Inferior, now in Northeastern Bulgaria.

Location

Apiaria Bight is centred at.