Spanish Point (Antarctica)

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Spanish Point (Nos Española \'nos e-spa-'nyo-la\) is located on Bulgarian Beach in eastern Livingston Island, Antarctica 610m NNE of Sinemorets Hill and 1,340m NE of Hespérides Point. It is formed by an offshoot of Spanish Knoll.

The name was given in recognition of key Spanish logistic support for the Bulgarian Antarctic campaigns.

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The point is located at 62°38′07″S, 60°21′25″W (British mapping in 1968, Spanish in 1991. Co-ordinates, elevation and distances given according to a 1995-96 Bulgarian topographic survey).

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