Kostur Point
Encyclopedia
Kostur Point 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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The point is named after the settlement of Kostur in southeastern Bulgaria
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and 2.7 km north-northeast of Petroff Point
. British mapping in 1980.
Brabant Island
Brabant Island is the second largest island of the Palmer Archipelago within the British Antarctic Territory, lying between Anvers Island and Liège Island. Brabant Island is located at . Brabant Island is long in a north-south direction, wide, and rises to in Mount Parry...
in the Palmer Archipelago
Palmer Archipelago
Palmer Archipelago, also known as Antarctic Archipelago, Archipiélago Palmer, Antarktiske Arkipel or Palmer Inseln, is a group of islands off the northwestern coast of the Antarctic Peninsula....
, Antarctica projecting 1.4 km southwards into Hill Bay
Hill Bay
Hill Bay is a bay, 5 nautical miles long and 2 nautical miles wide, which indents eastern Anvers Island between Spallanzani Point and Mitchell Point. The bay was roughly surveyed by the Admiralty Hydrographic Unit, 1951-52. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Leonard C...
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The point is named after the settlement of Kostur in southeastern 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...
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Location
Kostur Point is located at 64°09′55"S 62°03′56"W which is 4.2 km southwest of Spallanzani PointSpallanzani Point
Spallanzani Point is a point forming the north side of the entrance to Hill Bay and the east tip of Brabant Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Probably first seen by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897–99, under Gerlache. Mapped in 1959 from photos taken by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1956-57...
and 2.7 km north-northeast of Petroff Point
Petroff Point
Petroff Point is a rocky point on the east coast of Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica projecting northeastwards 1.2 km into Hill Bay...
. British mapping in 1980.
Maps
- British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map No. 3217. DOS 610 - W 64 62. Tolworth, UK, 1980.
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993-2006.