Bagryana Point
Bagryana Point (Bulgarian: нос Багряна, ‘Nos Bagryana’ \'nos ba-'grya-na\) is the rounded ice-free tipped point on the southwest coast of Greenwich Island in Antarctica surmounted by Telerig Nunatak. It is named after the Bulgarian poet Elisaveta Bagryana (1893-1991).
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Location of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands
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Topographic map featuring Bagryana Point
Location
Bagryana Point is located at 62°30′13″S 59°56′09″W, which is 2 km southeast of Kerseblept Nunatak, 1.27 km southwest of Telerig Nunatak, 1.77 km west-northwest of Yovkov Point, and 4.3 km northeast of Inott Point on Livingston Island. British mapping in 1968, and Bulgarian in 2005, 2009 and 2017.
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.
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated
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References
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
- Bagryana Point. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
External links
- Bagryana Point. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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