Chichil Point

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Chichil Point
Geographical location
Chichil Point (South Shetland Islands)
Chichil Point
Coordinates 61 ° 17 ′  S , 54 ° 14 ′  W Coordinates: 61 ° 17 ′  S , 54 ° 14 ′  W
location Clarence Island , South Shetland Islands
Waters Weddell Sea
Waters 2 Caleta Feilberg

The Chichil Point (English; Bulgarian нос Чичил nos Tschitschil ) is a rocky headland on the southeastern coast of Clarence Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It forms the westernmost point of the island and is 2.1 km north of Craggy Point and 4.05 km southwest of Vaglen Point . The headland marks the northern end of the Caleta Feilberg .

British scientists mapped it in 1972 and 2009. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2014 after the town of Chichil in northwestern Bulgaria .

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