Kresna Gully
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Kresna Gully is a heavily crevassed depression in Perunika Glacier
Perunika Glacier
Perunika Glacier is an 8 km long and 3 km wide roughly crescent-shaped glacier in eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica....

 extending 2.25 km westwards from Rezen Knoll in eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands
South Shetland Islands
The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands, lying about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, with a total area of . By the Antarctic Treaty of 1959, the Islands' sovereignty is neither recognized nor disputed by the signatories and they are free for use by any signatory for...

, Antarctica. The gully ends in the indentation forming the east corner of Emona Anchorage
Emona Anchorage
Emona Anchorage is a roughly square embayment, the internal part of South Bay, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica used as an anchorage for ships visiting the Bulgarian base St...

, and located 3.15 km northeast of Hespérides Point
Hespérides Point
Hespérides Point is a rocky point of land projecting into South Bay north-northwest of Johnsons Dock, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and forming the southwest side of the entrance to Emona Anchorage. Surmounted by Hesperides Hill...

 1.21 km south-southeast of Aleko Point
Aleko Point
Aleko Point , also Aleko Rock, is a rocky point midway along the northeast Antarctic coast of Emona Anchorage in the east of Livingston Island, projecting 150m to the west of southwest....

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Kresna
Kresna
Kresna is a town and municipality in Blagoevgrad Province in Bulgaria.It is located in the southwestern part of Bulgaria.-Geography:The town of Kresna lies at the north end of the Kresna Gorge of the Struma River at the foot of Pirin mountain. The Melo hills are striking sandstone formations...

 is the name of a town and a gorge formed by the Struma River
Struma River
The Struma or Strymónas is a river in Bulgaria and Greece. Its ancient name was Strymōn . Its catchment area is 10,800 km²...

 in south-western Bulgaria.

Location

The midpoint is located at 62°37′33"S 60°18′10"W (Detailed Spanish mapping of the area by the Servicio Geográfico del Ejército in 1991. Bulgarian remapping in 1996, 2005 and 2009 of Perunika Glacier’s terminus from 1995/96 and 2004/05 topographic surveys).

Maps

  • Isla Livingston: Península Hurd. Mapa topográfico de escala 1:25 000. Madrid: Servicio Geográfico del Ejército, 1991.
  • L.L. Ivanov. Livingston Island: Central-Eastern Region. Scale 1:25000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 1996.
  • 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.

Reference

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