Sigritsa Point
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Sigritsa Point (Nos Sigritsa \'nos si-'gri-tsa\) is an ice-free point on the northeast coast of Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island, Antarctica forming the northwest side of the entrance to Dragon Cove. Situated 1.1 km south-southeast of Williams Point, 750 m northeast of Sayer Nunatak, and 800 m west-northwest of Ficheto Point. British mapping in 1968. Named after Teodor Sigritsa, Kavhan (hereditary viceroy function) under the Bulgarian ruler Czar Simeon the Great (9-10th century AD).
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- L.L. Ivanov et al, Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands (from English Strait to Morton Strait, with illustrations and ice-cover distribution), Scale 1:100000 map, Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sofia, 2005
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This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
