Botev Point
| Botev Point | ||
 Botev Point (right) in front of Dobrich Knoll |
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 46 ′ S , 60 ° 19 ′ W | |
| location | Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Waters | Bransfield Street | |
The Botev Point ( Bulgarian Носът Ботев Nosat Botew ) is a headland at the southern end of Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is located 1.55 km east-southeast of Barnard Point and 9.3 km west-southwest of Samuel Point as an extension of the Veleka Ridge at the end of the Roschen Peninsula .
British scientists mapped it in 1968. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2004 after the Bulgarian national poet and freedom fighter Christo Botew (1848–1876).
Web links
- Botev Point in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)