Gredaro Point

Location of Trinity Peninsula.

Gredaro Point (Bulgarian: нос Гредаро, ‘Nos Gredaro’ \'nos gre-'da-ro\) is the round and low, mostly ice-covered point on the southeast coast of Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica projecting into Prince Gustav Channel in Weddell Sea, and situated at the east extremity of Zavera Snowfield. The point is named after Gredaro Peak in Pirin Mountain, Bulgaria.

Location

Gredaro Point is located at 64°06′00″S 58°42′03″W / 64.10000°S 58.70083°W / -64.10000; -58.70083Coordinates: 64°06′00″S 58°42′03″W / 64.10000°S 58.70083°W / -64.10000; -58.70083, which is 21.6 km south-southwest of Marmais Point, 12.4 km west-northwest of Cape Obelisk on James Ross Island, and 14.3 km north-northeast of Mount Wild. British mapping in 1974.

Maps

British Antarctic Territory: Graham Land. Scale 1:250000 topographic map. BAS 250 Series, Sheet SQ 19-20. London, 1974.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.

References

Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
Gredaro Point. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

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

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