Mateev Point

Mateev Point (Bulgarian: Матеев нос, romanized: Mateev nos, IPA: [mɐ'tɛɛf 'nɔs]) is the conspicuous 43 m high rocky point projecting 490 m north-northwestwards into Berraz Bay on the north coast of Low Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.[1]

Location of Low Island in the South Shetland Islands

The feature is named after Dragomir Mateev, science and logistics coordinator at the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute, participant in the 2008/09 and subsequent Bulgarian Antarctic campaigns, and base commander at St. Kliment Ohridski in the 2011/12, 2018/19 и 2019/20 seasons.

Location

Mateev Point is located at 63°15′52″S 62°07′10.5″W,[2] which is 5.87 km southeast of Cape Wallace and 2.45 km southwest of Venev Point. British mapping in 2009.

Maps

Notes
  1. L. Ivanov. General Geography and History of Livingston Island. In: Bulgarian Antarctic Research: A Synthesis. Eds. C. Pimpirev and N. Chipev. Sofia: St. Kliment Ohridski University Press, 2015. pp. 17–28
  2. Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission

References


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


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