Sindel Point
Sindel Point (Bulgarian: нос Синдел, ‘Nos Sindel’ \'nos 'sin-del\) is a low ice-free point on the east coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica projecting 250 m into Moon Bay to separate the glacier termini of Kaliakra Glacier to the north and Struma Glacier to the south. Situated 2.9 km northeast of Sliven Peak and 5.75 km southwest of Edinburgh Hill.
The point is named after the settlement of Sindel in northeastern Bulgaria.
Location
[edit | edit source]Sindel Point is located at Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 489: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).. Bulgarian topographic survey Tangra 2004/05 and mapping in 2009.
Maps
[edit | edit source]- L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- A. Kamburov and L. Ivanov. Bowles Ridge and Central Tangra Mountains: Livingston Island, Antarctica. Scale 1:25000 map. Sofia: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2023. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
References
[edit | edit source]- Sindel Point. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links
[edit | edit source]- Sindel Point. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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