Spanish Point
Spanish Point | ||
![]() View across Spanish Point to South Bay |
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Coordinates | 62 ° 38 ′ S , 60 ° 21 ′ W | |
location | Livingston Island ( South Shetland Islands ) | |
Waters | South Bay |
The Spanish Point ( English , Bulgarian нос Еспаньола nos espanjola ) is a rock cape on the coast of the South Bay and 2 km south of Aleko rock in the south of the South Shetland Islands belonging Livingston Island .
The naming of the cape made by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee took place in 1994 at the request of the participants of the Second Bulgarian Antarctic Expedition (1993-1994), who wanted to remember the support of the expedition from Spain .
Web links
- Spanish Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Spanish Point on geographic.org (English)