Gostun Point
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Location of Snow Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Gostun Point (Bulgarian: нос Гостун, ‘Nos Gostun’ \'nos go-'stun\) is the ice-free point on the north coast of Snow Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated 2.4 km west-northwest of Karposh Point, and 2.45 km east-southeast of Cape Timblón.
The point is named after the Bulgar ruler Khan Gostun, predecessor of the creator of Old Great Bulgaria Khan Kubrat (7th Century AD).
Location
Gostun Point is located at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.. British mapping in 1968, Bulgarian in 2009.
Map
- 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
References
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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