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Divotino Point

Coordinates: 62°22′47″S 59°38′27″W / 62.37972°S 59.64083°W / -62.37972; -59.64083
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Location of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands.

Divotino Point (Bulgarian: нос Дивотино, ‘Nos Divotino’ \'nos di-'vo-ti-no\) is a sharp, low ice-free point on the southeast coast of Alfatar Peninsula on Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica projecting 200 m into Mitchell Cove. Situated 2 km northeast of Debelyanov Point and 3.35 km north by west of Negra Point.

The point is named after the settlement of Divotino in western Bulgaria.

Location

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Divotino Point is located at 62°22′47″S 59°38′27″W / 62.37972°S 59.64083°W / -62.37972; -59.64083. Bulgarian mapping in 2009.

Maps

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  • L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4

References

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