Rish Point

Rish Point (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Rish Point  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 18197
Name ID: 134743

Feature type: Point

Origin

This name originates from Bulgaria. It is part of the Bulgaria Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

The ice-free point projecting 300 m from the S coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. Situated at the E extremity of South Beaches 2.37 km NW of Amadok Point, 1.2 km SW of Clark Nunatak, and 1 km NE of Stackpole Rocks. British mapping in 1968, Spanish in 1992, and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009. Named after the settlement of Rish in Eastern Bulgaria.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
62° 40' 19.5" S
-62.67208°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
60° 55' 56.3" W
-60.93231°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
15-Dec-2006

Related information

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