Name details

Dometa Point

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

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

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Bulgaria Gazetteer Id 134703

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 low ice-free point on the S coast of Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island situated 4.21 km ENE of Nikopol Point, 4.64 km SE of Chester Cone, 1.11 km SSW of Negro Hill and 8.7 km WNW of Elephant Point. British mapping in 1968, Spanish in 1992, and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009. Named after Dometa, governor of the southwestern Bulgarian province of Kutmichevitsa hosting the mission of St. Kliment Ohridski assigned by Czar Boris I of Bulgaria (9th century AD).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
62° 39' 47.8" S
-62.66328°
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Longitude:
61° 00' 58.0" W
-61.01611°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
15-Dec-2006

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