Byaga Point
| Byaga Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 66 ° 1 ′ S , 64 ° 43 ′ W | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| coast | Graham coast | |
| Waters | Barilari Bay | |
| length | 1 000 m | |
The Byager Point (English; Bulgarian нос Бяга nos Bjager ) is a 1 km long and icy headland in the northeast of the Velingrad Peninsula on the Graham Coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located as an extension of the Ilchev Buttress 7.77 km south-southeast of Vorweg Point , 14.5 km southwest of Duyvis Point and 6.57 km west-southwest of Cherkovna Point at the head end of Barilari Bay .
British scientists mapped it in 1971. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2015 after the village of Bjaga in southern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Byaga Point in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)