Sevar Point is a point on the south coast 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 2 km southeast of Devils Point

Devils Point

Devils Point is a point marking the southwest extremity of Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and forming the southeast side of the entrance to Osogovo Bay and the west side of the entrance to Raskuporis Cove...

, 2.8 km west of Nikopol Point

Nikopol Point

Nikopol Point is a snow-free point on the south coast of Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica projecting 650 m into Bransfield Strait and linked by a spit to Vietor Rock to the south...

, and 2.7 km northeast of Long Rock

Long Rock, Livingston Island

Long Rock is a large rock extending in east-west direction, wide and rising to in the northeast of Morton Strait in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica...

 in Morton Strait

Morton Strait

Morton Strait is the 9 km long and 6.2 km wide strait between Snow Island on the southwest and Rugged and Livingston Islands on the northeast, in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica...

. Forming the east side of the entrance to
Raskuporis Cove

Raskuporis Cove

Raskuporis Cove is the 1.6 km wide cove indenting for 700 m the south coast of Byers Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Entered between Sevar Point and Devils Point....

.

The point is named after Khan Sevar of Bulgaria

Sevar of Bulgaria

Sevar was a ruler of Bulgaria in the 8th century.The Nominalia of the Bulgarian khans, which states that he belonged to the royal Dulo clan and ruled for 15 years. According to the chronology developed by Moskov, Sevar would have reigned 721–737...

, 738-754 AD.

Location

Sevar Point is located at 62°40′26"S 61°08′56"W. British mapping in 1968, Spanish in 1993 and Bulgarian 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