Nedelya Point

Nedelya Point
Location of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.

Nedelya Point (Bulgarian: нос Неделя, ‘Nos Nedelya’ \'nos ne-'de-lya\) is a sharp ice-free point on the north coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica projecting 300 m into Barclay Bay. Situated 1.7 km southwest of Bilyar Point, 3 km east of Lair Point, and 1.6 km northeast of Sparadok Point. Linked by a chain of rocks to Cutler Stack located 300 m to the north-northwest.

The point is named after the Bulgarian educator Nedelya Petkova – ‘Baba (Grandma) Nedelya’ (1826–1894).

Location

Nedelya Point is located at 62°36′53″S 60°58′49″W / 62.61472°S 60.98028°W / -62.61472; -60.98028. British mapping in 1968, Chilean in 1971, Argentine in 1980, Spanish in 1993 and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009.

Maps

References

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.