Burya Point
Location of Trinity Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region.
Burya Point (Bulgarian: нос Буря, ‘Nos Burya’ \'nos 'bu-rya\) is the rocky point forming the south side of the entrance to Saldobisa Cove on the west coast of Trinity Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica.
The point is named after the settlement of Burya in Northern Bulgaria.
Location
Burya Point is located at 63°42′05.3″S 60°48′02″W / 63.701472°S 60.80056°WCoordinates: 63°42′05.3″S 60°48′02″W / 63.701472°S 60.80056°W, which is 3.88 km south by east of Cape Wollaston and 2.26 km south-southeast of Preker Point. British mapping in 1978.
Maps
- British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 63 60. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, UK, 1978.
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.
References
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
- Burya 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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