Biser Point
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Biser Point is the narrow rocky point next north of the terminus
Glacier terminus
A glacier terminus, or snout, is the end of a glacier at any given point in time. Although glaciers seem motionless to the observer, in reality glaciers are in endless motion and the glacier terminus is always either advancing or retreating...

 of Rusalka Glacier
Rusalka Glacier
Rusalka Glacier is the 8 km long and 4.6 km wide glacier on Velingrad Peninsula, Graham Coast on the west side of Antarctic Peninsula, situated northeast of Hoek Glacier...

 and forming the east side of the entrance to Dimitrov Cove
Dimitrov Cove
Dimitrov Cove is the 6.8 km wide cove indenting for 4.8 km the northwest coast of Velingrad Peninsula on Graham Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica, which is entered between Pripek Point to the west and Biser Point to the east...

 on the northwest coast of Velingrad Peninsula
Velingrad Peninsula
Velingrad Peninsula is the ice-covered peninsula projecting 22.5 km in northwest direction from Graham Coast on the west side of Antarctic Peninsula. Bounded by Barilari Bay to the northeast and Holtedahl Bay to the southwest, and separated from Biscoe Islands to the northwest by Grandidier...

 on Graham Coast
Graham Coast
Graham Coast is the portion of the west coast of Graham Land in Antarctic Peninsula, extending 172 km between Cape Bellue to the southwest and Cape Renard to the northeast....

 in Graham Land
Graham Land
Graham Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, in...

, Antarctica.

The point is named after the settlement of Biser
Biser (village)
Biser is a village in the municipality of Harmanli, in Haskovo Province, in southern Bulgaria.Biser Point on Graham Coast in Antarctica is named after the village.-References:...

 in Southern Bulgaria.

Location

Biser Point is located at 65°56′17"S 65°00′38"W, which is 3.91 km west-southwest of Loqui Point
Loqui Point
Loqui Point is a point at the north extremity of Velingrad Peninsula on Graham Coast, which marks the south side of the entrance to Barilari Bay, on the west coast of Graham Land. This feature was discovered and named "Cap Garcia" by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, under Charcot...

, 7.7 km northwest of Mount Paulcke
Mount Paulcke
Mount Paulcke is a mountain, at least 915 m, standing west of Huitfeldt Point, Barilari Bay, on the west coast of Graham Land. Photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1956-57, and mapped from these photos by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey...

 and 6.8 km east-northeast of Pripek Point
Pripek Point
Pripek Point is the point forming the west side of the entrance to Dimitrov Cove on the northwest coast of Velingrad Peninsula on Graham Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica....

.

Maps

  • British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 65 64. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1971.
  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993-2006.
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