Isbul Point
| Isbul Point | ||
 Map of the Byers Peninsula ( Livingston Island ) with Isbul Point |
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 35 ′ S , 61 ° 12 ′ W | |
| location | Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Waters | Svishtov Cove | |
| Waters 2 | Belene Cove | |
| length | 600 m | |
The Isbul Point (English; Bulgarian нос Исбул nos Isbul ) is a narrow and 600 m long headland on the northwest coast of Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . In Svishtov Cove it forms the eastern boundary of the entrance to Belene Cove and is 0.75 km east-northeast of Start Point , 1.46 km southwest of Essex Point and 1.23 km west-southwest of Kardzhali Point .
British scientists mapped it in 1968, Spanish in 1992 and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009. The Bulgarian Commission on Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2006 after Kawkhan Isbul , military leader, diplomat and Bulgarian regent in the 9th century .
Web links
- Isbul Point in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)