Emona Anchorage

Emona Anchorage (Bulgarian: залив Емона, romanized: zaliv Emona, IPA: [ˈzalif ɛˈmɔnɐ]) is a roughly square embayment, the internal part of South Bay, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica used as an anchorage for ships visiting the Bulgarian base St. Kliment Ohridski.

Emona is the name of a village and, in the version of Emine, a nearby cape on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast.

The Emona Anchorage beaches and drifting sea ice are favoured by a fairly small number of penguins and seals, usually comprising chinstrap, gentoo and Adelie penguins, and Weddell, crabeater, leopard and incidentally fur seals.

Detailed mapping in 1991 by the Servicio Geográfico del Ejército with bathymetry by the Instituto Hidrogràfico de la Marina, Spain.

The 1996, 2005 and 2009 Bulgarian mapping of Livingston Island indicated continuing glacier retreat on the northeast side of the bay.

Location of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Emona Anchorage from Lyaskovets Peak in Tangra Mountains .
Topographic map of central-eastern Livingston Island featuring Emona Anchorage.
Emona Anchorage from the Bulgarian base , with Greenpeace Rock on the right.
Topographic map of Livingston Island.