Bregare Point

Location of Stresher Peninsula on Graham Land, Antarctic Peninsula.

Bregare Point (Bulgarian: нос Брегаре, ‘Nos Bregare’ \'nos bre-'ga-re\) is the point projecting 2 km into Crates Bay on the northeast coast of Stresher Peninsula on Graham Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is named after the settlement of Bregare in Northern Bulgaria.

Location

Bregare Point is located at 66°09′50″S 65°24′55″W / 66.16389°S 65.41528°W / -66.16389; -65.41528Coordinates: 66°09′50″S 65°24′55″W / 66.16389°S 65.41528°W / -66.16389; -65.41528, which is 5.1 km south-southeast of Starmen Point, 1.4 km southeast of Conway Island and 3 km southwest of the point formed by Lens Peak. British mapping in 1976.

Maps

Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 66 64. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1976.

References

Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
Bregare Point. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

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

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