Aglen Point
Encyclopedia
Aglen Point is a rocky point forming the west side of the entrance to Richards Cove
on the north coast of Ray Promontory
in the northwestern part of Byers Peninsula
on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands
, Antarctica. Situated 470 m west of Voyteh Point
and 1.6 km east of Essex Point
. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers
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The point is named after the settlement of Aglen in northern Bulgaria.
Richards Cove
Richards Cove is the 450 m wide cove indenting for 550 m the north coast of Ray Promontory, Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, entered east of Aglen Point and west of Voyteh Point...
on the north coast of Ray Promontory
Ray Promontory
Ray Promontory is the 7 km long and 2.8 km wide promontory lying between Barclay Bay and the New Plymouth sound, and forming the northwest part of Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica ending up in Start Point and Essex Point...
in the northwestern part of Byers Peninsula
Byers Peninsula
Byers Peninsula is a mainly ice-free peninsula forming the west end of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. It occupies , and includes the small freshwater Basalt Lake. The area was visited by early 19th century American and British sealers who came almost exclusively from New England,...
on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands
South Shetland Islands
The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands, lying about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, with a total area of . By the Antarctic Treaty of 1959, the Islands' sovereignty is neither recognized nor disputed by the signatories and they are free for use by any signatory for...
, Antarctica. Situated 470 m west of Voyteh Point
Voyteh Point
Voyteh Point is the point forming the east side of the entrance to Richards Cove on the north coast of Ray Promontory in the northwestern part of Byers Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica...
and 1.6 km east of Essex Point
Essex Point
Essex Point is a point at the northwest end of Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica forming the west side of the entrance to Barclay Bay and the northeast side of the entrance to Svishtov Cove....
. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers
Seal hunting
Seal hunting, or sealing, is the personal or commercial hunting of seals. The hunt is currently practiced in five countries: Canada, where most of the world's seal hunting takes place, Namibia, the Danish region of Greenland, Norway and Russia...
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The point is named after the settlement of Aglen in northern Bulgaria.
Location
Aglen Point is located at 62°34′41"S 61°09′14"W. British mapping in 1968, Spanish in 1993 and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009.Map
- L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4
