Divotino Point
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
Divotino Point is located at 62°22′47″S 59°38′27″W / 62.37972°S 59.64083°WCoordinates: 62°22′47″S 59°38′27″W / 62.37972°S 59.64083°W. Bulgarian mapping in 2009.
Maps
- 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
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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