Gega Point

Gega Point (Bulgarian: нос Гега, ‘Nos Gega’ \'nos 'ge-ga\) is a point on the west coast of Astrolabe Island in Bransfield Strait off Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica forming the southeast side of the entrance to Mokren Bight.

Location of Astrolabe Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region.
Astrolabe Island with Gega Point on the right (behind the ship).

The point is named after the settlement of Gega in southwestern Bulgaria.

Location

Gega Point is located at 63°19′39″S 58°42′22″W, which is 1.15 km northwest of Sherrell Point and 3.35 km southeast of Raduil Point. German-British mapping in 1996.

Maps
  • Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.
  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.
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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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