Gostilya Point
{{Short description|Gostilya Point - Retreat - Loubet Coast, Antarctic Peninsula}}
Gostilya Point ({{langx|bg|нос Гостиля |translit=Nos Gostilya}} \'nos go-'sti-lya\) is the point on the southwest side of the entrance to Tlachene Cove on Loubet Coast, Antarctic Peninsula. The point was formed as a result of the retreat of Hopkins Glacier during the last two decades of the 20th century.
The feature is named after the settlement of Gostilya in Northern Bulgaria.
Location
Gostilya Point is located at {{coord|66|35|55|S|65|46|09|W|display=inline,title}}, which is 25.85 km east of Madell Point, 20.6 km south of Phantom Point and 2.55 km southwest of Kudelin Point. British mapping in 1976.
Maps
- British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 66 64. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1976.
- [http://www.add.scar.org Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).] Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
References
- [https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=137662 Gostilya Point.] SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
- [http://apcbg.org/gazet-bg.pdf Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.] Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, [http://apcbg.org/gazet.pdf basic data] in English)
External links
- [https://copernix.io/#?where=-65.76916699999998,-66.598611,15&?query=&?map_type=hybrid Gostilya Point.] Copernix satellite image
{{Bulgarian-named Antarctic place}}
Category:Bulgaria and the Antarctic
Category:Headlands of Graham Land
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