Samuel Point

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Bransfield Strait and Antarctic Peninsula from Catalunyan Saddle, Tangra Mountains; Samuel Point is on the right.
Bransfield Strait and Antarctic Peninsula from Catalunyan Saddle, Tangra Mountains; Samuel Point is on the right.

Samuel Point (Nos Samuil \'nos sa-mu-'il\) is on the coast of Bransfield Strait forming the southwest side of the entrance to Brunow Bay, Livingston Island, Antarctica. The point is surmounted by Needle Peak (370 m), a conspicuous offshoot of Friesland Ridge.

The point is named after Tsar Samuil of Bulgaria, 980-1014 AD.

[edit] Location

The point is located at 62°43′38″S, 60°09′07″W which is 9.3 km east-northeast of Botev Point, and 5.6 km west-southwest of Aytos Point (UK Directorate of Overseas Surveys mapping in 1968).

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