Rila Point
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Rila Point (left) |
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Coordinates | 62 ° 37 ′ S , 59 ° 59 ′ W | |
location | Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands | |
Waters | Moon Bay | |
Waters 2 | Bruix Cove |
The Rila Point ( Bulgarian носът Рила nosat Rila ) is a headland on the south coast of Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . In Moon Bay it forms the east side of the entrance to Bruix Cove . It is located 8.75 km west of Renier Point , 7.4 km east of Atanasoff-Nunatak , 4.3 km north-northeast of Plovdiv Peak and 3.2 km northwest of Delchev Peak .
The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2002 after the Rila Mountains in southwestern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Rila Point in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)