Zabel Point
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 23 ′ S , 62 ° 39 ′ W | |
| location | Brabant Island , Palmer Archipelago | |
| Waters | Buragara Cove | |
| Waters 2 | Dallmann Bay | |
The Zabel Point (English; Bulgarian нос Забел nos Sabel ) is an icy and rocky headland of the Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago west of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located 2.08 km southwest of Devene Point , 2.4 km northeast of Humann Point and 6.9 km east-northeast of Gand Island on the southwest side of the entrance to Buragara Cove . It was exposed by the retreat of the Rush Glacier at the beginning of the 21st century .
The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2015 after the town of Sabel in western Bulgaria .
Web links
- Zabel Point in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)