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Kusev Point

Coordinates: 65°27′37″S 65°34′23″W / 65.46028°S 65.57306°W / -65.46028; -65.57306
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Location of Biscoe Islands in the Antarctic Peninsula region.

Kusev Point (Bulgarian: Кусев нос, ‘Kusev Nos’ \'ku-sev 'nos\) is the point forming the north extremity of Pickwick Island and the west side of the entrance to Misionis Bay in the Pitt group of Biscoe Islands, Antarctica.

The point is named after Metropolitan Metodiy Kusev (1838-1922), a leader in the struggle for Bulgarian Church autocephaly and national unification.

Location

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Kusev Point is located at 65°27′37″S 65°34′23″W / 65.46028°S 65.57306°W / -65.46028; -65.57306, which is 1.6 km south of Sawyer Island and 1.6 km west-northwest of Plakuder Point. British mapping in 1971.

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