Somovit Point

Location of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.

Somovit Point (Bulgarian: нос Сомовит, ‘Nos Somovit’ \'nos 'so-mo-vit\) is a point on the east coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica projecting 500 m into Bransfield Strait between Kruni Cove and Tsepina Cove.

It is situated 900 m north-northwest of Batuliya Point and 1.1 km south-southwest of Kitchen Point.

The point is named after the settlement of Somovit in northern Bulgaria.

Location

Somovit Point is located at 62°23′49″S 59°21′04″W / 62.39694°S 59.35111°W / -62.39694; -59.35111Coordinates: 62°23′49″S 59°21′04″W / 62.39694°S 59.35111°W / -62.39694; -59.35111. Bulgarian mapping in 2009.

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References

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.


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