Medovene Point (Bulgarian: нос Медовене, ‘Nos Medovene’ \'nos 'me-do-ve-ne\) is the ice-covered point on the northeast side of the entrance to Zapalnya Cove on the southeast coast of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The point is named after the settlement of Medovene in Northeastern Bulgaria.
Location
Medovene Point is located at 62°57′15.6″S 62°23′47″W / 62.954333°S 62.39639°W / -62.954333; -62.39639, which is 10.34 km southwest of Cape Smith, 6.63 km northeast of Sredets Point and 4 km southeast of Mount Pisgah. Bulgarian mapping in 2009 and 2010.
Maps
- Chart of South Shetland including Coronation Island, &c. from the exploration of the sloop Dove in the years 1821 and 1822 by George Powell Commander of the same. Scale ca. 1:200000. London: Laurie, 1822.
- L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2010. ISBN 978-954-92032-9-5 (First edition 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4)
- South Shetland Islands: Smith and Low Islands. Scale 1:150000 topographic map No. 13677. British Antarctic Survey, 2009.
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
- L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Smith Island. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2017. ISBN 978-619-90008-3-0
References
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
- Medovene Point. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
External links
- Medovene Point. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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