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Terimer Point

Coordinates: 62°26′48″S 59°49′59″W / 62.44667°S 59.83306°W / -62.44667; -59.83306
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Location of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands
Topographic map featuring Terimer Point

Terimer Point (Bulgarian: нос Теример, ‘Nos Terimer’ \'nos 'te-ri-mer\) is the low, rounded and ice-free tipped east entrance point of Skaptopara Cove, forming the west extremity of Flamingo Beach on the north coast of Greenwich Island in Antarctica. It is named after the medieval settlement of Terimer in Western Bulgaria.

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Terimer Point is located at 62°26′48″S 59°49′59″W / 62.44667°S 59.83306°W / -62.44667; -59.83306, which is 2.36 km west-southwest of Agüedo Point, 3.25 km east of Aprilov Point, 2.87 km southeast of Ongley Island and 2.33 km southwest of Dee Island. British mapping in 1968, and Bulgarian in 2005, 2009 and 2017.

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