Brusen Point

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

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

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Place ID: 18797
Name ID: 137154

Feature type: (8)

Origin

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

Narrative

The narrow rocky point projecting 200 m in NNW direction and forming the N extremity of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands. Situated 990 m W of Agüedo Point and 4.55 km E of Aprilov Point on Greenwich Island, and 1.02 km SW of Dee Island. British mapping in 1968, Chilean in 1971, Argentine in 1980, and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009. Named after the settlements of Brusen in Northwestern and Western Bulgaria. Approved on December 6, 2010.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
62° 26' 27.0" S
-62.44083°
Accurate to 0m
Longitude:
59° 48' 32.0" W
-59.80889°
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

new feature (Ivanov, 13.12.10)

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
12-Jun-2010

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