Beron Point
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Beron Point is a point on the southwest coast of Robert Island
, Antarctica situated 4.5 km southeast of Negra Point
, 1.7 km west of Bajo Nunatak
, 1.8 km west-northwest of Zahari Point
, and 3.7 km northwest of Edwards Point
, as well as 5 km northeast of Ash Point
on Greenwich Island. Shape enhanced by recent glacier retreat north-northwest of the point. Named after the prominent Bulgaria
n scientist and educator Dr. Petar Beron
(1795–1871).
Robert Island (South Shetland Islands)
Robert Island or Mitchells Island or Polotsk Island or Roberts Island is an island long and wide, situated between Nelson Island and Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands. Robert Island is located at . Surface area...
, Antarctica situated 4.5 km southeast of Negra Point
Negra Point
Negra Point is the ice-free tipped point on the southwest coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica forming the southeast side of the entrance to Mitchell Cove...
, 1.7 km west of Bajo Nunatak
Bajo Nunatak
Bajo Nunatak is a conspicuous rocky peak rising to 210 m at the south edge of the ice cap of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica...
, 1.8 km west-northwest of Zahari Point
Zahari Point
Zahari Point is an ice-free point on the southwest coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica forming the northwest side of the entrance to Micalvi Cove. Ice-free surface area...
, and 3.7 km northwest of Edwards Point
Edwards Point
Edwards Point is a rocky point in the south extremity of Kermen Peninsula and Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The point is a southeast entrance point of English Strait and forms the west side of the entrance to Devesil Bight and the southeast side of the entrance to...
, as well as 5 km northeast of Ash Point
Ash Point
Ash Point is a rounded low ice-free point forming the southeast side of the entrance to Discovery Bay in the northeast of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica with an adjacent ice-free area of...
on Greenwich Island. Shape enhanced by recent glacier retreat north-northwest of the point. Named after the prominent Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
n scientist and educator Dr. Petar Beron
Petar Beron
Dr. Petar Beron was a famous Bulgarian educator. He created the first modern Bulgarian primer, erroneously called the Fish Primer because of the dolphin drawn in the end of the book .-Biography:Petar Beron was born around 1800, probably in 1799, in the town of Kotel in a rich family...
(1795–1871).
Maps
- L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
- 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