Balvan Point
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 47 ′ S , 60 ° 42 ′ W | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| coast | Nordenskjöld coast | |
| Waters | Solari Bay | |
| Waters 2 | Weddell Sea | |
The Balvan Point (English, Bulgarian нос Балван nos Balwan ) is a rocky headland on the Nordenskjöld Coast of Graham lands north of the Antarctic Peninsula . It forms 4.35 km north of Pedersen Nunatak , 33.7 km northeast of Cape Fairweather , 2.7 km southeast of Sentinel Nunatak and 10.27 km south-southwest of Richard Knoll the south side of the entrance to Solari Bay .
It was mapped in 2012. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2013 after the town of Balwan in northern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Balvan Point in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)