Name details

Sigritsa Point

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

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

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Bulgaria Gazetteer Id 134746

Feature type: Point (8)

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 on the NE coast of Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island forming the NW side of the entrance to Dragon Cove. Situated 1.1 km SSE of Williams Point, 750 m NE of Sayer Nunatak, and 800 m WNW of Ficheto Point. British mapping in 1968. Named after Teodor Sigritsa, Kavhan (hereditary viceroy function) under the Bulgarian ruler Czar Simeon the Great (9-10th Century AD).

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Location

Latitude:
62° 27' 55.0" S
-62.46528°
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Longitude:
60° 07' 27.0" W
-60.12417°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Map

Source

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Source Person:
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Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

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Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
15-Dec-2006

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