Ustina Point
Location of Tower Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region.
Ustina Point (Bulgarian: нос Устина, ‘Nos Ustina’ \'nos 'us-ti-na\) is a rocky point on the west coast of Tower Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica situated 2.6 km northwest of Peña Point, the south extremity of the island, and 3.5 km south of Kranevo Point.
The point is named after the settlement of Ustina in southern Bulgaria.
Location
Ustina Point is located at 63°35′25″S 59°52′28″W / 63.59028°S 59.87444°WCoordinates: 63°35′25″S 59°52′28″W / 63.59028°S 59.87444°W. German-British mapping in 1996.
Map
- Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.
References
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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