Aglen Point

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

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

If this information is incorrect, please e-mail mapping@aad.gov.au

Place ID: 18520
Name ID: 136840

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 rocky point forming the W side of the entrance to Richards Cove on the N coast of Ray Promontory in the NW extremity of Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. Situated 470 m WNW of Voyteh Point and 1.6 km E of Essex Point. British mapping in 1968, Spanish in 1992 and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009. Named after the settlement of Aglen in Northern Bulgaria.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
62° 34' 41.0" S
-62.57806°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
61° 09' 14.0" W
-61.15389°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
23-Nov-2009

Related information

Biodiversity
View fauna, flora or both within 1.0 degree of this location

Place names
View Bulgarian or international place names within 1.0 degree of this location.

The SCAR Composite Gazetteer is hosted by the Australian Antarctic Data Centre. The information in the footer below pertains to the AADC web site.