Somovit Point
Encyclopedia
Somovit Point is a point on the east coast of Robert Island
in the South Shetland Islands
, Antarctica projecting 500 m into Bransfield Strait
. Situated 900 m north-northwest of Batuliya Point
and 1.1 km south-southwest of Kitchen Point
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The point is named after the settlement of Somovit in northern Bulgaria
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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...
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 projecting 500 m into Bransfield Strait
Bransfield Strait
Bransfield Strait is a body of water about wide extending for in a general northeast-southwest direction between the South Shetland Islands and Antarctic Peninsula. It was named in about 1825 by James Weddell, Master, Royal Navy, for Edward Bransfield, Master, RN, who charted the South Shetland...
. Situated 900 m north-northwest of Batuliya Point
Batuliya Point
Batuliya Point is an ice-free tipped point forming the east extremity of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The point, projecting 550 m into Bransfield Strait, is situated 5.4 km northeast of the southeast extremity of Robert Point, 3 km north-northeast of Sadala...
and 1.1 km south-southwest of Kitchen Point
Kitchen Point
Kitchen Point is a rocky point at the end of a narrow promontory projecting 1.2 km into Bransfield Strait from the east coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica to form the southeast side of the entrance to Kozloduy Cove....
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The point is named after the settlement of Somovit 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
Somovit Point is located at 62°23′49"S 59°21′04"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
