Ustina Point
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Ustina Point is a rocky point on the west coast of Tower Island
Tower Island
Tower Island is an Antarctic island long and high, lying northeast of Trinity Island and marking the northeast extent of Palmer Archipelago...

 in the Palmer Archipelago
Palmer Archipelago
Palmer Archipelago, also known as Antarctic Archipelago, Archipiélago Palmer, Antarktiske Arkipel or Palmer Inseln, is a group of islands off the northwestern coast of the Antarctic Peninsula....

, Antarctica situated 2.6 km northwest of Peña Point (the south extremity of the island) and 3.5 km south of Kranevo Point
Kranevo Point
Kranevo Point is a rocky point on the northwest coast of Tower Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica forming the south side of the entrance to Mindya Cove...

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The point is named after the settlement of Ustina in southern Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

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Location

Ustina Point is located at 63°35′25"S 59°52′28"W. German-British mapping in 1996.

Map

  • Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.
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