Pomorie Point

Location of Varna Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.

Pomorie Point (on the right) from Miziya Peak, with McFarlane Strait, Meade Islands and Duff Point in the background.

Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.

Pomorie Point (Nos Pomorie \'nos po-'mo-ri-e\) is a point on the coast of McFarlane Strait forming the north side of the entrance to Lister Cove, Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

The point is named after the Bulgarian town of Pomorie.

Location

The point is located at 62°29′05.3″S 60°03′56″W / 62.484806°S 60.06556°W / -62.484806; -60.06556Coordinates: 62°29′05.3″S 60°03′56″W / 62.484806°S 60.06556°W / -62.484806; -60.06556, which is 5.17 km southeast of Williams Point, 7.61 km northeast of Miziya Peak in Vidin Heights, 5.49 km northwest of Inott Point, 4.36 km south-southwest of Duff Point, Greenwich Island, and 2.5 km south-southeast of Channel Rock (British mapping in 1968, Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009).

Maps

L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4

References

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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