Plakuder Point
Plakuder Point (Bulgarian: нос Плакудер, ‘Nos Plakuder’ \'nos 'pla-ku-der\) is the point on the east side of the entrance to Misionis Bay on the northeast coast of Pickwick Island in the Pitt group of Biscoe Islands, Antarctica.
Location of Biscoe Islands in the Antarctic Peninsula region.
The point is named after the settlement of Plakuder in Northwestern Bulgaria.
Location
Plakuder Point is located at 65°27′53″S 65°32′26″W, which is 1.6 km east-southeast of Kusev Point and 1.6 km west-southwest of Snodgrass Island. British mapping in 1971.
Maps
- British Antarctic Territory: Graham Coast. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 65 64. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, UK, 1971.
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.
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References
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
- Plakuder Point. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
External links
- Plakuder 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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