Polezhan Point ( bg, нос Полежан, ‘Nos Polezhan’ \'nos po-le-'zhan\) is the rocky point on the west coast of

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in the Palmer Archipelago,

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projecting 750 m northwestwards and forming the south side of the entrance to Vapa Cove. The point is named after Polezhan Peak in Pirin Mountain, Bulgaria.

Location

Polezhan Point is located at , which is 2.36 km north-northeast of Garbel Point and 1.65 km south-southwest of Disilitsa Point. British mapping in 1980.

Maps

British Antarctic Territory.
Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 62. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, UK, 1980.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).
Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

References

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 data
in English)
Polezhan Point.
SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

External links

Polezhan Point.
Copernix satellite image Headlands of the Palmer Archipelago Bulgaria and the Antarctic Liège Island {{LiegeIsland-geo-stub