Vund Point
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 Map of the Byers Peninsula ( Livingston Island ) with Rugged Island (left) and Vund Point |
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 38 ′ S , 61 ° 11 ′ W | |
| location | Rugged Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Waters | New Plymouth | |
The Vund Point (English; Bulgarian нос Вунд nos Wund ) is a low and non-iced headland on the eastern foothills of Rugged Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It protrudes 1.05 km northeast of Radev Point , 1.31 km southeast of Herring Point and 2.03 km west-northwest of Laager Point into the New Plymouth 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 Wund , a proto-Bulgarian prince in the Caucasus who lived from 32 to 20 BC. Founded the principality of Wanand in today's Armenia .
Web links
- Vund Point in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)