Name details

Polezhan Point

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

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

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Bulgaria Gazetteer Id 137736

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 rocky point on the W coast of Liège Island in the Palmer Archipelago projecting 750 m northwestwards and forming the S side of the entrance to Vapa Cove. Situated 2.36 km NNE of Garbel Point and 1.65 km SSW of Disilitsa Point. British mapping in 1978. Named after Polezhan Peak in Pirin Mountain, Bulgaria.

Named For

Location

Latitude:

64° 02' 52.0" S

-64.04778°

Unknown precision

Longitude:

62° 02' 50.0" W

-62.04722°

Unknown precision

Altitude:

Not recorded

Unknown precision

Images

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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:

21-Oct-2013

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