Kardzhali Point

Location of Byers Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.

Kardzhali Point (Bulgarian: нос Кърджали, ‘Nos Kardzhali’ \'nos 'k&r-dzha-li\) is the rocky point forming the south side of the entrance to Ograzhden Cove on the northwest coast of Ray Promontory of Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is situated 680 m south of Essex Point, 1.23 km east-northeast of Isbul Point and 1.98 km east-northeast of Start Point.

The point is named after the town of Kardzhali in southern Bulgaria.

Location

Kardzhali Point is located at 62°34′59.3″S 61°10′57″W / 62.583139°S 61.18250°W / -62.583139; -61.18250Coordinates: 62°34′59.3″S 61°10′57″W / 62.583139°S 61.18250°W / -62.583139; -61.18250. British mapping in 1968, Spanish in 1993 and Bulgarian in 2009.

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References

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


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