Spanish Point (Antarctica)
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Spanish Point (Nos Española \'nos e-spa-'nyo-la\) is located on Bulgarian Beach in eastern Livingston Island, Antarctica 610 m NNE of Sinemorets Hill and 1,340 m NE of Hespérides Point. It is formed by an offshoot of Spanish Knoll.
The name was given in recognition of key Spanish logistic support for the Bulgarian Antarctic campaigns.
[edit] Location
The point is located at (British mapping in 1968, Spanish in 1991. Co-ordinates, elevation and distances given according to a 1995-96 Bulgarian topographic survey).
[edit] External links
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
