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.
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Location of Astrolabe Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region.
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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.
References
- Gega Point. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links
- Gega 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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