Sandanski Point
Sandanski Point (Nos Sandanski \'nos san-'dan-ski\) is the point forming the north side of the entrance to Stoyanov Cove on the east coast of Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, projecting 600 m into Hero Bay and formed by an offshoot of Oryahovo Heights.
The point is named after the town of Sandanski in southwestern Bulgaria in connection with Yane Sandanski (1872-1915), a leader of the Bulgarian liberation movement in Macedonia.
01Location
The point is located at 62°30′41.5″S 60°41′49″W / 62.511528°S 60.69694°W / -62.511528; -60.69694 which is 3.4 km north by west of Agüero Point, and 2.8 km south by east of Black Point.
02Maps
- L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
- L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4
Sources and credits
This article is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Sandanski Point”, written by its contributors and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Fathomly has changed the layout, removed citation markers, navigation and maintenance notices, and adjusted punctuation. This adapted version is shared under the same license. For references, see the original article.
Images, from Wikimedia Commons:
- Ioannes-Paulus-II-Peninsula-location-map.PNG by Apcbg, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Sandanski.jpg by Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Livingston-Island-Map-2010.jpg by Apcbg, CC BY-SA 4.0
Fathomly is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Wikimedia Foundation. Spotted a problem? Tell us.