Gesha Point
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| Coordinates | 61 ° 12 ′ S , 54 ° 4 ′ W | |
| location | Clarence Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Waters | Ortscho glacier | |
| Waters 2 | Treskawez Glacier | |
The Gesha Point (English; Bulgarian Нос Геша Nos Gescha ) is a small headland on the east coast of Clarence Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It separates 3.87 km southwest of Ilyo Point and 2.4 km northwest of Sugarloaf Island, the mouths of the Ortscho and Treskawez glaciers in the Southern Ocean .
British scientists mapped it in 1972 and 2009. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2014 after the town of Gescha in northern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Gesha Point in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)