Kostur Point
Kostur Point (Bulgarian: нос Костур, ‘Nos Kostur’ \'nos kos-'tur\) is the point on the east coast of Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica projecting 1.4 km southwards into Hill Bay.
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Location of Brabant Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region.
The point is named after the settlement of Kostur in southeastern Bulgaria.
Location
Kostur Point is located at 64°09′55″S 62°03′56″W which is 4.2 km southwest of Spallanzani Point and 2.7 km north-northeast of Petroff Point. British mapping in 1980.
Maps
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
- British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 62. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1980.
- Brabant Island to Argentine Islands. Scale 1:250000 topographic map. British Antarctic Survey, 2008.
References
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
- Kostur Point. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
External links
- Kostur 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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