Kostur Point
Point in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
The point is named after the settlement of Kostur in southeastern Bulgaria.
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.
- 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.
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
- Kostur Point. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- 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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