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Hespérides Point (
Spanish: Punta Hespérides) 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. The area was visited by 19th century
sealers operating from nearby Johnsons Dock.
The feature is named after the Spanish ocean exploration ship
BIO Hesperides.
Location
The point is located at
62°38′36.7″S 60°22′23″W / 62.643528°S 60.37306°W / -62.643528; -60.37306 which is 12.36 km east-northeast of
Hannah Point, 3.7 km southeast of
Smolyan Point and 1.59 km north of
Ballester Point (British mapping in 1968, detailed Spanish mapping in 1991 and Bulgarian mapping in 1996, 2005 and 2009).
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.
- L.L. Ivanov.
Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009.
ISBN
978-954-92032-6-4
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Bulgarian Base (Sheet 1 and Sheet 2): Antarctica, South Shetland Islands, Livingston Island. Scale 1:2000 topographic map. Sofia: Military Geographic Service, 2016. (in Bulgarian, map images on slides 6 and 7 of the linked report)
References