Skalina Point
Appearance
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Skalina Point ([нос Скалина] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help), ‘Nos Skalina’ \'nos 'ska-li-na\) is the ice-covered point on the southwest side of the entrance to Yarebitsa Cove on the southeast coast of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is named after the settlement of Skalina in Southern Bulgaria.
Location
Skalina Point is located at 63°02′02″S 62°31′58″W / 63.03389°S 62.53278°W, which is 11.7 km northeast of Cape James, 3 km southeast of Neofit Peak and 4.6 km southwest of Sredets Point. Bulgarian mapping in 2009 and 2010.
Maps
- L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
References
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
- Skalina Point. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
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This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.