Kamenar Point
Kamenar Point (Bulgarian: нос Каменар, ‘Nos Kamenar’ \'nos ka-me-'nar\) is the narrow rocky point on Davis Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica projecting 650 m northwards into Jordanoff Bay and forming the east side of the entrance to Hvoyna Cove. The point is named after the two settlements of Kamenar in northeastern and southeastern Bulgaria.
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Location of Davis Coast.
Location
Kamenar Point is located at 63°50′48″S 59°54′14″W, which is 1.7 km east of Wennersgaard Point, 4.2 km south-southwest of Tarakchiev Point, and 1.95 km north of Sratsimir Hill. 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
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
- Kamenar Point. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
External links
- Kamenar 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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