Lebed Point

Location of Clarence Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Clarence Island seen from north-northeast with (left to right) Lebed Point, Sugarloaf Island and Cape Lloyd.

Lebed Point (Bulgarian: нос Лебед, ‘Nos Lebed’ \'nos 'le-bed\) is the rocky point on the south side of the entrance to Istros Bay on the east coast of Clarence Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

The point is named after the settlement of Lebed in Southern Bulgaria.

Location

Lebed Point is located at 61°14′57.5″S 54°01′55″W / 61.249306°S 54.03194°W / -61.249306; -54.03194Coordinates: 61°14′57.5″S 54°01′55″W / 61.249306°S 54.03194°W / -61.249306; -54.03194, which is 8.1 km north-northeast of Cape Bowles and 3.2 km south of Sugarloaf Island. British mapping in 1972 and 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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