Polezhan Point
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 3 ′ S , 62 ° 3 ′ W | |
| location | Liège Island , Palmer Archipelago | |
| Waters | Southern ocean | |
| Waters 2 | Vapa Cove | |
| length | 750 m | |
The Polezhan Point (English; Bulgarian нос Полежан nos Poleschan ) is a 0.75 km long headland on the west coast of Liège Island in the Palmer Archipelago west of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located 2.36 km north-northeast of Garbel Point and 1.65 km south-southwest of Disilitsa Point on the south side of the entrance to Vapa Cove .
British scientists mapped it in 1978. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2013 after Mount Poleschan in the Pirin Mountains in Bulgaria .
Web links
- Polezhan Point in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)