Botev Point (Bulgarian: нос Ботев, romanized: nos Botev, IPA: [ˈnɔz ˈbɔtɛf]) is the south extremity of both Rozhen Peninsula and Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica formed by an offshoot of Botev Peak in the Veleka Ridge of Tangra Mountains.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Rozhen-Peninsula-location-map.png/220px-Rozhen-Peninsula-location-map.png)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Botev-Point.jpg/220px-Botev-Point.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Livingston-Island-Map-2010.jpg/220px-Livingston-Island-Map-2010.jpg)
The feature is named after Hristo Botev (1848–1876), poet and leader of the Bulgarian liberation movement.
Location
editThe point is located at 62°45′49.6″S 60°18′46″W / 62.763778°S 60.31278°W which is 1.5 km east-southeast of Barnard Point, 5.1 km west-southwest of Gela Point and 9.29 km west-southwest of Samuel Point. The point was mapped in 1968 by the UK Directorate of Overseas Surveys, and in 2005 and 2009 by Bulgaria.
Maps
edit- L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
- 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
edit- Botev Point. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links
edit- Botev Point. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.