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 610 m NNE of Sinemorets Hill and 1,340 m 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.

[edit] Location

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).

[edit] External links

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

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