Arroyo Point

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Location of Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands
Arroyo Point (on the right) and Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula in the background, from Catalunyan Saddle; Burdick Ridge in the foreground Urdoviza.jpg
Arroyo Point (on the right) and Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula in the background, from Catalunyan Saddle; Burdick Ridge in the foreground
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Topographic map of Livingston Island and Smith Island

Arroyo Point is the northeast extremity of a trapezoid-shaped and mostly ice-covered headland projecting 900 m from the east coast of Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula into Hero Bay, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The point forms the south side of the entrance to Stoyanov Cove and, together with nearby Agüero Point, separates the termini of Urdoviza Glacier to the north from Medven Glacier to the south.

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The feature is named after Jesús Arroyo, a crewman of the Argentine Navy Lockheed Neptune aircraft that crashed in poor weather on the slopes of Mount Friesland on 15 September 1976.

Location

The point is located at 62°32′03″S60°41′05″W / 62.53417°S 60.68472°W / -62.53417; -60.68472 which is 850 m north-northwest of Agüero Point, 5.6 km south by east of Black Point and 4.7 km northwest of Avitohol Point (British mapping in 1968, Chilean in 1971, Argentine in 1980, Spanish in 1991, and Bulgarian in 2005, 2009 and 2017).

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Medven Glacier

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Oryahovo Heights

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Remetalk Point Point on the east coast of the Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands

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Sandanski Point

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Struma Glacier

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Tundzha Glacier

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Urdoviza Glacier

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Casanovas Peak

Casanovas Peak is the ice dome rising to 325 m at the base of Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula on Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands. It is linked to Rotch Dome on the west by Berrister Gap and surmounts Etar Snowfield to the northwest, Berkovitsa Glacier to the northeast and Verila Glacier to the south.

Gerlovo Beach

Gerlovo Beach is a beach extending 2 km on the northwest coast of Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It stretches both south and northeast of Mercury Bluff, facing San Telmo Island to the north by west, and featuring Belomortsi Point in its northern part. Snow-free in summer, with area ca. 73 hectares. The beach is part of Antarctic Specially Protected Area ASPA 149 Cape Shirreff and San Telmo Island. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.

Zornitsa Cove

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Stoyanov Cove

Stoyanov Cove is the 2.6 km wide cove indenting for 1.1 km the north coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Entered between Sandanski Point and Agüero Point on Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula. Most of the cove's coastline is formed by the terminus od Urdoviza Glacier.

Agüero Point

Agüero Point is the southeast extremity of a trapezoid-shaped and mostly ice-covered headland projecting 900 m from the east coast of Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula into Hero Bay, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The point forms the north side of the entrance to Prisoe Cove and, together with nearby Arroyo Point, separates the termini of Urdoviza Glacier to the north from Medven Glacier to the south.

Black Point (Livingston Island)

Black Point is a rocky promontory of 38 hectares projecting 800 m northwards from the northeast coast of Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula into Hero Bay, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica to form the east side of the entrance to Porlier Bay. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.

Scesa Point

Scesa Point is a rounded, low ice-free tipped point on the west coast of Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula, western Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica forming the north side of the entrance to Zornitsa Cove.

Dreyfus Point

Dreyfus Point is a rounded low point on the west coast of Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula, western Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

Vodoley Rock Rock in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

Vodoley Rock is the rock extending 220 m (720 ft) in northwest–southeast direction and 110 m (360 ft) wide in Barclay Bay on the west side of Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers operating on nearby Byers Peninsula and Cape Shirreff.

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