Name details

Boeritsa Point

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

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

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Bulgaria Gazetteer Id 137408

Feature type: None recorded.

Origin

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

Narrative

The rocky point on the SE coast of South Bay, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, formed by an offshoot of Atlantic Club Ridge. Situated 730 m S of Hespérides Point and 880 m NNE of Ballester Point. Shape enhanced by the retreat of adjacent Contell Glacier in the late 20th and early 21st century. Bulgarian mapping in 1996 and 2009. Named after the settlement of Boeritsa in Western Bulgaria.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
62° 39' 00.0" S
-62.65000°
Accurate to 0m
Longitude:
60° 22' 22.0" W
-60.37278°
Accurate to 0m
Altitude:
Not recorded
Accurate to 0m

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown The coordinates for this place name were derived from Map id 0 - This map does not exist in the SCAR Map Catalogue. in the SCAR Map Catalogue.
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:
5-Jun-2012

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