Pelishat Point (Bulgarian: нос Пелишат, ‘Nos Pelishat’ \'nos 'pe-li-shat\) is the point forming the south extremity of Archar Peninsula and the north side of the entrance to Berende Cove on the southwest coast of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is situated 2.4 km southeast of Duff Point and 3.9 km northeast of Pomorie Point on Livingston Island.
The point is named after the settlement of Pelishat in northern Bulgaria.
Location
editPelishat Point is located at 62°27′59″S 60°00′02″W / 62.46639°S 60.00056°W. Bulgarian mapping in 2009.
Maps
edit- 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
References
edit- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
- Pelishat Point. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
External links
edit- Pelishat Point. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.