Smolyan Point

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Smolyan Point (Nos Smolyan \'nos 'smo-lyan\) is located on the north-western coast of South Bay, Livingston Island, Antarctica which emerged during a recent glacier retreat. The point shows conspicuous radial crevasses spreading inland.

Smolyan is the name of a town in the Rhodope Mountains in southern Bulgaria.

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The point is located at 62°37′29″S, 60°25′56″W which is 3,565 m NW of Hespérides Point and 1,915 m NE of Ereby Point. Ends with a 25 m wide and 4 m high rock (Bulgarian mapping from 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.