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Sevar Point

Sevar Point (Bulgarian: нос Севар, ‘Nos Sevar’ \'nos se-'var\) is a point on the south coast of Byers Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated 1.9 km east-southeast of Devils Point, 2.71 km west of Nikopol Point, and 2.97 km northeast of Long Rock in Morton Strait. It is surmounted by Wasp Hill on the north-northeast, Sealer Hill on the east-northeast, and forms the east side of the entrance to Raskuporis Cove.

The point is named after Khan Sevar of Bulgaria, 738-754 AD.

Sevar Point is located at 62°40′32.6″S 61°08′49″W / 62.675722°S 61.14694°W / -62.675722; -61.14694. British mapping in 1968, Spanish in 1992 and Bulgarian in 2009.


This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.

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