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Name Latitude Longitude Feature Type
Binkos Point (BGR) 64° 25' 21.0" S 61° 34' 09.0" W
Name ID: 137649 Place ID: 19284

The point on the NE side of the entrance to Latinka Cove on the NW coast of Pefaur (Ventimiglia) Peninsula, Danco Coast on the Antarctic Peninsula. Situated 1.95 km NE of Eckener Point and 1.7 km S of Escalonado Point. British mapping in 1978. Named after the settlement of Binkos in Southeastern Bulgaria.

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