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Nedelya Point


Nedelya Point (Bulgarian: нос Неделя, ‘Nos Nedelya’ \'nos ne-'de-lya\) is a sharp ice-free point at the southwest extremity of Ivanov Beach on the north coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica projecting 300 m into Barclay Bay. It is situated 1.8 km southwest of Bilyar Point, 1.58 km northeast of Sparadok Point and 2.86 km east of Lair Point. Linked by a chain of rocks to Cutler Stack located 310 m to the north-northwest.

The point is named after the Bulgarian educator Nedelya Petkova – ‘Baba (Grandma) Nedelya’ (1826–1894).

Nedelya Point is located at 62°36′55.6″S 60°58′48.5″W / 62.615444°S 60.980139°W / -62.615444; -60.980139Coordinates: 62°36′55.6″S 60°58′48.5″W / 62.615444°S 60.980139°W / -62.615444; -60.980139. British mapping in 1968, Chilean in 1971, Argentine in 1980, Spanish in 1993 and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009.


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