Pelishat Point
Encyclopedia
Pelishat Point is the point forming the south extremity of Archar Peninsula
and the north side of the entrance to Berende Cove
on the southwest coast of Greenwich Island
in the South Shetland Islands
, Antarctica. Situated 2.4 km southeast of Duff Point
and 3.9 km northeast of Pomorie Point
on Livingston Island.
The point is named after the settlement of Pelishat in northern Bulgaria
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Archar Peninsula
Archar Peninsula located in the North-Western extremity of Greenwich Island, Antarctica. The three km long peninsula is bounded by Razlog Cove to the North and McFarlane Strait to the South. Its western half is snow-free in summer...
and the north side of the entrance to Berende Cove
Berende Cove
Berende Cove is the3.3 km wide cove indenting for 1.15 km the southwest coast of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Entered south of Pelishat Point.The cove is named after the settlements of Berende in western Bulgaria....
on the southwest coast of Greenwich Island
Greenwich Island (South Shetland Islands)
Greenwich Island is an island long and from wide, lying between Robert Island and Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. Surface area...
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 2.4 km southeast of Duff Point
Duff Point
Duff Point is a point forming the west extremity of Greenwich Island, in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The name Duffs Straits was applied to McFarlane Strait by James Weddell in 1820-23, after Captain Norwich Duff under whom Weddell served in HMS Espoir in 1814...
and 3.9 km northeast of Pomorie Point
Pomorie Point
Pomorie Point is a point on the coast of McFarlane Strait forming the north side of the entrance to Lister Cove, Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica....
on Livingston Island.
The point is named after the settlement of Pelishat in northern 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
Pelishat Point is located at 62°27′59"S 60°00′02"W. Bulgarian mapping in 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
