Gostun Point (, ‘Nos Gostun’ \'nos go-'stun\) is the ice-free point on the north coast of Snow Island in the

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situated 2.4 km west-northwest of

Karposh Point Karposh Point (, ‘Nos Karposh’ \'nos 'kar-posh\) is the ice-free point on the north coast of Snow Island (South Shetland Islands), Snow Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is projecting 500 m into Morton Strait, and is situat ...

, and 2.45 km east-southeast of

Cape Timblón Cape Timblón is the conspicuous rocky cape forming the north extremity of Snow Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is a northwest entrance point for Morton Strait. Linus Beach extends for 2 km on the east side of the ca ...

. The point is named after the

Bulgar Bulgar may refer to: *Bulgars, a historical Turkic group *Bulgar language, the extinct language of the Bulgars *Oghur languages Bulgar may also refer to: *Bolghar, the capital city of Volga Bulgaria *Bulgur, a wheat product * Bulgar, an Ashkenazi ...

ruler Khan

Gostun Gostun was a regent over the Bulgars for 2 years. Little else is known about him. It is possible that Gostun is an alternative name of Organa, who according to some Byzantine sourcesJohn of Nikiu, 6th-century historian was a regent over the Bulga ...

, predecessor of the creator of

Old Great Bulgaria Old Great Bulgaria (Medieval Greek: Παλαιά Μεγάλη Βουλγαρία, ''Palaiá Megálē Voulgaría''), also often known by the Latin names ''Magna Bulgaria'' and ''Patria Onoguria'' (" Onogur land"), was a 7th-century Turkic noma ...

Khan

Kubrat Kubrat (; ) was the ruler of the Onogur–Bulgars, credited with establishing the confederation of Old Great Bulgaria in 632. His name derived from the Turkic words ''qobrat'' — "to gather", or ''qurt'', i.e. "wolf". Origin In the '' Nomi ...

(7th Century AD).

Location

Gostun Point is located at . British mapping in 1968, Bulgarian in 2009.

Map

* L.L. Ivanov
Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.
Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009.

References

Gostun Point.

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.
Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.

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. (details in Bulgarian
basic data
in English)

External links

Gostun Point.
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