Kusev Point
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| Coordinates | 65 ° 28 ′ S , 65 ° 34 ′ W | |
| location | Pickwick Island , Pitt Islands in the Biscoe Islands archipelago | |
| Waters | Southern ocean | |
| Waters 2 | Misionis Bay | |
The Kusev Point (English; Bulgarian Кусев нос Kusew nos ) is a headland at the northern end of Pickwick Island in the Pitt Islands group in the Biscoe Islands archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . It forms 1.6 km south of Sawyer Island and 1.6 km west-northwest of Plakuder Point the western boundary of the entrance to Misionis Bay .
British scientists mapped it in 1971. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2013 after the Bulgarian Metropolitan Metodij Kusew (1838–1922), a pioneer of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church and the national unity of Bulgaria .
Web links
- Kusev Point in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)