Levenov Point

Location of Brabant Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region.

Levenov Point (Bulgarian: Левенов нос, ‘Levenov Nos’ \le-'ve-nov 'nos\) is the rock-tipped point on the northeast coast of Pasteur Peninsula on Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica, formed by an offshoot of Röntgen Peak.

The point is named after Captain Nikola Levenov (1941-2007), commander of the Bulgarian ocean fishing trawler Burevestnik which operated in Antarctic waters off Kerguelen Islands from December 1974 to February 1975.

Location

Levenov Point is located at 64°02′13″S 62°15′57″W / 64.03694°S 62.26583°W / -64.03694; -62.26583Coordinates: 64°02′13″S 62°15′57″W / 64.03694°S 62.26583°W / -64.03694; -62.26583, which is 3.04 km southeast of Cape Cockburn and 2.85 km north of Duclaux Point. British mapping in 1980 and 2008.

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Brabant Island from northeast, with Anvers Island (on the right) and Antarctic Peninsula in the background; Pasteur Peninsula is seen as the nearest part of the island on the right.

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


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