Butrointsi Point

Butrointsi Point (Bulgarian: нос Бутроинци, ‘Nos Butrointsi’ \'nos bu-'tro-in-tsi\) is the ice-free tipped point on the southeast side of the entrance to Kotev Cove on the northeast coast of Two Hummock Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica.

Location of Two Hummock Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region.

The point is named after the settlement of Butrointsi in Western Bulgaria.

Location

Butrointsi Point is located at 64°06′36.6″S 61°40′51″W, which is 2.55 km southeast of Wauters Point, 7.38 km north of Veyka Point, and 31.8 km west by south of Cape Sterneck (Herschel) on the Antarctic Peninsula. British mapping in 1978.

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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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