Radev Point
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 Map of the Byers Peninsula ( Livingston Island ) with Rugged Island (left) and Radev Point |
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 38 ′ S , 61 ° 12 ′ W | |
| location | Rugged Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Waters | Osogovo Bay | |
The Radev Point (English; Bulgarian Радев нос Radew nos ) is a low headland that forms the southeastern extension of Rugged Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It protrudes 4.5 km east of Benson Point , 1.05 km southwest of Vund Point and 2.62 km west of Laager Point into Osogovo Bay .
British scientists mapped them in 1968, Spanish in 1992 and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named them in 2006 after the Bulgarian historian, writer and diplomat Simeon Radew (1879-1967).
Web links
- Radev Point in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)