Gostun Point
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 Map of the Byers Peninsula ( Livingston Island ) with the northern part of Snow Island (bottom left) and Gostun Point |
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 43 ′ S , 61 ° 17 ′ W | |
| location | Snow Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Waters | Morton Strait | |
The Gostun Point (English; Bulgarian нос Гостун nos Gostun ) is a non-iced headland on the north coast of Snow Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is located 2.5 km west-northwest of Karposh Point and 2.5 km east-southeast of Cape Timblón .
British scientists mapped it in 1968. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2006 after the proto- Bulgarian Khan Gostun , predecessor of the Kubrat , the founder of the Greater Bulgarian Empire in the 7th century .
Web links
- Gostun Point in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)