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Kanarata Point

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Coordinates: 63°17′16.3″S 58°40′42″W / 63.287861°S 58.67833°W / -63.287861; -58.67833
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Location of Astrolabe Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region
Astrolabe Island from northwest, with Dragons Teeth on the left

Kanarata Point (Bulgarian: нос Канарата, ‘Nos Kanarata’ \'nos ka-na-'ra-ta\) is the rocky point in northeastern Astrolabe Island in Bransfield Strait, Antarctica forming the north extremity of the island surmounted by Dragons Teeth. It is “named after Kanarata Peak in Rila Mountain, Bulgaria.”[1]

Location

Kanarata Point is located at 63°17′16.3″S 58°40′42″W / 63.287861°S 58.67833°W / -63.287861; -58.67833, which is 3.95 km northeast of Raduil Point and 2.17 km north of Drumohar Peak. German-British mapping in 1996.

Maps

  • Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.
  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

Notes

  1. ^ Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

References

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.


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