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Rounded rocky point in the entrance to Hero Bay, Livingston Island in Antarctica
Location of Desolation Island in the South Shetland Islands
Topographic map of Livingston Island

Boynik Point (Bulgarian: нос Бойник, ‘Nos Boynik’ \'nos 'boy-nik\) is the rounded rocky point on the southeast side of the entrance to Kozma Cove, forming the northeast extremity of Desolation Island in the entrance to Hero Bay, Livingston Island in Antarctica. The feature is named after the settlement of Boynik in Southern Bulgaria.

Location

Boynik Point is located at 62°27′07″S 60°18′38″W / 62.45194°S 60.31056°W / -62.45194; -60.31056, which is 3.2 km east-southeast of Cape Danger, and 9 km west of Williams Point, 7.6 km northwest of Kotis Point and 12.15 km northeast of Siddins Point on Livingston 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.


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