Lukovo Point
Location
Mihaylovski Cove is centred at 62°38′10″S 60°31′10″W / 62.63611°S 60.51944°W. British mapping in 1968, Chilean in 1971, Argentine in 1980, and Bulgarian in 2005, 2009 and 2017.
Related features
Lukovo Point
Lukovo Point is the mostly ice-free point on the northwest coast of South Bay in Livingston Island, Antarctica projecting 200 m southwards. It is surmounted by Krakra Bluff on the north. Lukovo Point is centred at 62°38′38.7″S 60°33′24″W / 62.644083°S 60.55667°W, which is 1.8 km northeast of Aldan Rock, 3.15 km east-northeast of Hannah Point, 5 km west-southwest of Ereby Point and 10.5 km northwest of Miers Bluff. The feature is named after the settlements Lukovo in Western Bulgaria, and Gorno (Upper) and Dolno (Lower) Lukovo in Southern Bulgaria. Interactive image.
Memorable Beach
Memorable Beach is the exposed, rocky, south facing beach centred at 62°38′22″S 60°32′51.6″W / 62.63944°S 60.547667°W and situated east of Lukovo Point in South Bay, Livingston Island in Antarctica. The feature was named Playa Memorable by Spain circa 1991. Interactive image.
Nessie Rock
Nessie Rock is the rock at the entrance to Mihaylovski Cove in the northwest of South Bay, Livingston Island in Antarctica 111 m long in southeast–northwest direction and 50 m wide, with a surface area of 0.4 ha. It is located at 62°38′36.7″S 60°32′58.5″W / 62.643528°S 60.549583°W, which is 3.8 km east-northeast from Hannah Point, 340 m east of Lukovo Point and 4.67 km west-southwest of Ereby Point. Bulgarian mapping in 2009 and 2017. The feature is so named because of its shape supposedly resembling the mythical Loch Ness monster. Interactive image.
Maps
- L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005
- L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4
- L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Smith Island. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2017. ISBN 978-619-90008-3-0
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated
Notes
- ^ Lukovo Point. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
- ^ Memorable Beach. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
- ^ Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission
References
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
- Mihaylovski Cove. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
External links
- Mihaylovski Cove. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.