
Biser Point ( bg, text=нос Бисер, italic=yes, ‘Nos Biser’ \'nos 'bi-ser\) is the narrow rocky point next north of the
terminus of
Rusalka Glacier
Rusalka Glacier ( bg, ледник Русалка, lednik Rusalka, ) is the 8 km long and 4.6 km wide glacier on Velingrad Peninsula, Graham Coast on the west side of Antarctic Peninsula, situated northeast of Hoek Glacier. It drains ...
and forming the east side of the entrance to
Dimitrov Cove on the northwest coast of
Velingrad Peninsula on
Graham Coast in
Graham Land,
Antarctica.
The point is named after the settlement of
Biser in Southern Bulgaria.
Location
Biser Point is located at , which is 3.91 km west-southwest of
Loqui Point
Loqui Point () is a point at the northern extremity of Velingrad Peninsula on the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. It marks the south side of the entrance to Barilari Bay. This feature was discovered and named "Cap Garcia" by the French Anta ...
, 7.7 km northwest of
Mount Paulcke
Mount Paulcke () is a mountain, at least 915 m, standing west of Huitfeldt Point, Barilari Bay, on the west coast of Graham Land. Photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1956–57, and mapped from these photos by the Falkland Islands Depende ...
and 6.8 km east-northeast of
Pripek Point
Pripek Point ( bg, нос Припек, ‘Nos Pripek’ \'nos 'pri-pek\) is the point forming the west side of the entrance to Dimitrov Cove on the northwest coast of Velingrad Peninsula on Graham Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica.
The point is ...
.
Maps
* British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 65 64. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1971.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
References
Biser Point.SCAR
Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
The Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (CGA) of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) is the authoritative international gazetteer containing all Antarctic toponyms published in national gazetteers, plus basic information about t ...
Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.Antarctic Place-names Commission
The Antarctic Place-names Commission was established by the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute in 1994, and since 2001 has been a body affiliated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria.
The Commission approves Bulgarian place names in ...
. (details in Bulgarian
basic datain English)
External links
Biser Point.Copernix satellite image
Headlands of Graham Land
Bulgaria and the Antarctic
Graham Coast
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