Melta Point

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Melta Point (Nos Melta \'nos 'mel-ta\) is a rocky point on the coast of Hero Bay, Livingston Island, formed by an offshoot of Teres Ridge. The point is named after the ancient Melta, ancestor of the present town of Lovech in Northern Bulgaria.

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The point is located at 62°32′46″S, 60°24′27″W which is 1.4 km ESE of Siddons Point and 1.5 km N of the summit of Teres Ridge (Bulgarian topographic survey Tangra 2004/05, and mapping in 2005).

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